Psychiatric issues in epilepsy
By: Alan B. Ettinger, Bruce P. Hermann, supplement editors.
Contributors: Ettinger, Alan B.; Hermann, Bruce P.
Series: Neurology -- v. 53, no. 5, Supplement 2 (1999); Neurology -- v. 53, Supplement 2.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Hagerstown, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Epilepsy -- Psychological aspects.; Convulsions -- Psychological aspects.; Psychotropic drugs -- Side effects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Introduction  /  A.B. Ettinger and B.P. Hermann; value: Co-morbid psychiatric disorder in chronic epilepsy : recognition and etiology of depression / P. Wiegartz, M. Seidenberg, A. Woodard, B. Gidal, and B. Hermann; value: Evidence supporting the temporal lobe epilepsy personality syndrome  /  D. Blumer; value: Evidence against the evidence of a temporal lobe epilepsy personality syndrome  / O. Devinsky and S. Najjar; value: Depressive disorders in epilepsy  / A.M. Kanner and J.C.R. Nieto; value: Psychosis and peri-ictal confusional states  /  M. Lancman; value: Cognitive deficits in epilepsy and contribution to psychopathology  /  K. Perrine and T. Kiolbasa; value: Quality of life assessment in clinical practice  /  J.A. Cramer; value: Positive and negative psychiatric effects of antiepileptic drugs in patients with seizure disorders  /  T.A. Ketter, R.M. Post, and W.H. Theodore; value: Seizure risk associated with psychotropic drugs : clinical and pharmacokinetic considerations  /  B.K. Alldredge; value: Nonepileptic seizures : psychiatric framework, treatment, and outcome  / E.S. Bowman; value: Pseudoseizures and other nonepileptic paroxysmal disorders in children and adolescents  /  M.R. Andriola and A.B. Ettinger; value: Behavioral issues in pediatric epilepsy  /  D.W. Dunn and J.K. Austin.