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Psychiatric Issues in Epilepsy Alan B. Ettinger

Psychiatric Issues in Epilepsy By Alan B. Ettinger

Psychiatric Issues in Epilepsy by Alan B. Ettinger


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A guide to evaluation and management of psychiatric problems in patients with epilepsy. It analyzes findings on the relationship between seizures and psychiatric disorders and offers recommendations for diagnosis and treatment. It includes material on animal models of psychopathology in epilepsy, and use of psychotropic drugs in epilepsy.

Psychiatric Issues in Epilepsy Summary

Psychiatric Issues in Epilepsy: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment by Alan B. Ettinger

This volume is 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.

Table of Contents

BASIC CONCEPTS

Epidemiologic Considerations
Dale C. Hesdorffer and W. Allen Hauser

Models of Psychopathology in Epilepsy: Lessons Learned from Animal Studies
Thomas J. Hoeppner and Michael C. Smith

Animal Models of Depression and Epilepsy: The Genetically Epilepsy-Prone Rat
Phillip C. Jobe and Ronald A. Browning

The Use of Psychotropic Drugs in Epilepsy: A Review of Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacodynamic, and Safety Issues
Andres M. Kanner and Barry E. Gidal

Psychotropic Properties of Antiepileptic Drugs
Neil Sussman and Alan B. Ettinger

Neuroanatomic and Neurobiologic Bases of Psychiatric Disorders
Hrvoje Hecimovic, Juan Santos, Frank Gilliam, and Andres Kanner

DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATIONS

Psychiatric Evaluation of the Adult and Pediatric Patient with Epilepsy: A Practical Approach for the "Nonpsychiatrist"
Andres M. Kanner and Deborah Weisbrot

Psychiatric Aspects of Pediatric Epilepsy
Deborah M. Weisbrot and Alan B. Ettinger

Neuropsychological Evaluation in Adults with Epilepsy
Laura Renteria and Neil H. Pliskin

Neuropsychological Evaluation in Children with Epilepsy
Lisa D. Stanford and Julie M. Miller

Neuropsychological Testing as Part of a Presurgical Evaluation
Kyle W. Harvison, Henry Randall Griffith, and Christopher L. Grote

PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN EPILEPSY

Affective Disorders in Epilepsy
John J. Barry, Anna Lembke, Patricia Gisbert, and Frank Gilliam

Anxiety Disorders in Epilepsy
Cynthia L. Harden, Martin A. Goldstein, and Alan B. Ettinger

The Psychoses of Epilepsy
Ennpadam S. Krishnamoorthy and Rema Reghu

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Problems, and Epilepsy
David W. Dunn and William G. Kronenberger

Personality Disorders in Epilepsy
Orrin Devinsky, Charles Vorkas, and William Barr

Aggression in Epilepsy
Steven C. Schachter

PARAICTAL DISORDERS

Peri-ictal Psychiatric Phenomena: Clinical Characteristics and Implications of Past and Future Psychiatric Disorders
Andres M. Kanner

Forced Normalization: Value and Limitations of the Concept
Michael Trimble and Kimford J. Meador

Psychiatric and Cognitive Phenomena as an Expression of Epileptic Encephalopathies
Andres M. Kanner and Ruben Kuzniecky

SPECIAL GROUPS

Psychiatric Complications of Epilepsy in the Geriatric Patient: Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations
Marlis Frey

Psychiatric Issues in Patients with Epilepsy and Mental Retardation
Raj D. Sheth and Arthur Rifkin

PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC EVENTS

Overview of Psychological Nonepileptic Seizures
Andrew S. Blum and W. Curt LaFrance, Jr.

Treating Patients with Psychological Nonepileptic Seizures
W. Curt LaFrance, Jr., Andres M. Kanner, and John J. Barry

PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES

Social Services in Epilepsy
Patricia A. Gibson

Health Outcomes in Epilepsy: The Influence of Psychiatric Comorbidity and Other Factors
Zarya A. Rubin

Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatric Epilepsy
Joan K. Austin

Additional information

GOR010353356
9780781785914
078178591X
Psychiatric Issues in Epilepsy: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment by Alan B. Ettinger
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
2006-12-01
544
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