Cognitive disorders with epilepsy: clinical-psychopathological and neuropsychological characteristics, non-pharmacological correction

IntroductionCognitive dysfunction affects the development, treatment compliance, significantly worsens the quality of life and social functioning of the patients with epilepsy.Objectives146 patients with epilepsy aged 18 to 65 participated in the study (М-40.7±2.42) were diagnosed with focal, idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes (G40.1, G40.2, G40).MethodsClinical-anamnestic, social-demographic, clinical-psychopathological, psycho-diagnostic and statistical.ResultsThe study of the attention selectivity was carried out using the Munsterberg test. Only 9 examined patients (6.16%) of the total group had sufficient indices, 35 (23.97%) patients refused from the test, while the rest – 102 (69.87%) had low test results. The overall treatment group score was 7.72, which is by 13.28 lower than in the control group, where the attention selectivity index was 21 (р