Title: Psychiatric issues in epilepsy
Description: A pragmatic, comprehensive guide to evaluation and management of psychiatric problems in patients with epilepsy. The authors critically analyze recent findings on the relationship between seizures and psychiatric disorders and offer practical recommendations for diagnosis and treatment. Numerous case studies are included. This thoroughly updated edition includes new material on animal models of psychopathology in epilepsy, use of psychotropic drugs in epilepsy, use of antiepileptic drugs in psychiatry, neuroanatomic and neurobiologic bases of psychiatric disorders, neuropsychological evaluation in children with epilepsy, neuropsychological testing in epilepsy surgery candidates, and value and limitations of the forced normalization concept.
Subjects: Mental health, Psychology, Epilepsy, Etiology, Complications, Epileptics, Psychological aspects, Diagnosis, Therapy, Mental Disorders, Mental illness, diagnosis, Epilepsy--psychological aspects, Epileptics--mental health, Epilepsy--complications, Epilepsy--psychology, Mental disorders--diagnosis, Mental disorders--etiology, Mental disorders--therapy, Rc372 .p757 2007, 2007 a-483, Wl 385 p974157 2007, 616.8/530019