CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IN EPILEPSY

Abstract

The aim of the work is to present clinical characteristics of depressive and anxiety disorders in epilepsy and to substantiate modern psychopharmacotherapy of these disorders. Based on literature data and our own research, the features of affective symptoms characteristic of epilepsy are shown, the significance of cognitive impairment with impaired executive functions is emphasized. A comparison of clinical manifestations of depressive and anxiety disorders with localization and lateralization of the epileptic focus, the factor of the leading hand and the presence of alexithymia is carried out.