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June 9, 2026Neurology

A Cross-sectional Study of Mental Health and Cognitive Metrics in Patients with Epilepsy Compared to Matched Controls: Analyses of a Publicly Available Database (P6-10.003)

Amit Ahituv Jinyuan Liu Grace Opong Sara Lee Daniel J. Correa Alexis Boro Victor Ferastraoaru

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Key Points

The aim is to analyze and compare mental health and cognitive metrics in individuals with epilepsy to those in the general population.
Cross-sectional design utilizing publicly available database
Comparison of mental health and cognitive metrics between patients with epilepsy and matched controls
Significant differences in mental health metrics observed between patients with epilepsy and matched controls
Cognitive metrics showed variations aligning with mental health findings

Implication

Cross-sectional study analyzes mental health and cognitive metrics in epilepsy patients, indicating key differences from controls.

Abstract

To characterize mental health and cognitive metrics among people with epilepsy (PWE) compared to the general population.

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Ahituv et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2cf36efaef96ed7f055f8f https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000215299

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