[Comorbidity of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures with mental disorders]. / Komorbidnost' psikhogennykh neepilepticheskikh pristupov s psikhicheskimi rasstroistvami.

The present review discusses the comorbidity of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) with other mental disorders. Data on the prevalence of mood, anxiety, psychotic and personality disorders are presented. The role of traumatic experience in the development of PNES is described. Special attention is given to PNES as an independent nosological entity and its place in the modern classifications of mental disorders.

[Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures]. / Psikhogennye neepilepticheskie pristupy.

The review provides epidemiological data and discuss the associated burden of non-epileptic seizures (PNES). Data on the prevalence, socio-demographic and clinical risk factors for the development of PNES are presented. The hypotheses of the PNES origin, including the contribution of psychological trauma, are considered. We also describe contemporary methods for differential diagnosis of epileptic seizures and PNES, including biomarkers and the use of diagnostic questionnaires. Special attention is given to the issues of the psychiatric comorbidity of PNES.

[Pain perception and nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior]. / Vospriyatie boli pri nesuitsidal'nom samopovrezhdayushchem povedenii.

This review focuses on studies of pain threshold and tolerance in individuals with nonsuicidal self-injurious (NSSI) behavior. The data on methods of pain sensitivity studies are presented, with issues in animal modeling of NSSI discussed separately. The results of neuroimaging studies on pain sensitivity in individuals with NSSI are described, along with contribution of genetic factors, psychological variables, and disturbances in opioid and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal systems. A critical methodological analysis of the studies on pain sensitivity in individuals with NSSI was performed.

[Suicidological research in epilepsy: problems of methodology]. / Issledovanie suitsidal'nosti pri épilepsii: problemy metodologii.

The review highlights contemporary views on the problem of suicide in patients with epilepsy. The most relevant theories are presented that describe the emergence of suicidal thoughts and the transition to suicidal attempts. Along with a description of risk factors, protective factors, as well as the possible impact of comorbidity, a description of methodological deficiencies in papers on suicide in patients with epilepsy is given. Recommendations for studies related to suicidal behaviour in patients with epilepsy are discussed.

[Prognosis for surgical treatment of pharmacoresistant epilepsy: the role of mental and cognitive disorders]. / Prognoz khirurgicheskogo lecheniia farmakorezistentnoi épilepsii: rol' psikhicheskikh i kognitivnykh rasstroistv.

This review focuses on the role of mental and cognitive disorders in the prognosis for surgical treatment of pharmacoresistant epilepsy. The authors analyze historical aspects of the surgical treatment of epilepsy and present current data on the prognosis of operative intervention with respect to seizure control, cognitive functioning, and psychiatric disorders. The psychiatrist's role in the structure of preoperative and postoperative management of patients is considered.

[Anxiety disorders in epilepsy]. / Trevozhnye rasstroistva pri épilepsii.

This review is devoted to the place of anxiety disorders in the spectrum of psychiatric comorbidity in patients with epilepsy. The authors present general characteristics of anxiety manifestations and current views on the classification and qualification of anxiety disorders in such patients. Recent data show the relationship of anxiety with different forms of epilepsy, demographic and gender characteristics, localization of epileptic focus. The problem of bidirectional relationship of anxiety and epilepsy as well as the temporal relationship between anxiety and epileptic states are considered.

[Suicidality in epilepsy: epidemiology and clinical risk factors]. / Suitsidal'nost' pri épilepsii: épidemiologicheskie aspekty i faktory riska.

The results of studies on the prevalence of suicidal behavior in patients with epilepsy are discussed in the article. The reasons for the high incidence of suicides among patients with epilepsy are given, with special attention paid to social, demographic, clinical and pathopsychological risk factors. Existing gaps in our knowledge about suicidal behavior in patients with epilepsy are analyzed.