The neuropsychiatry of epilepsy / edited by Michael Trimble and Bettina Schmitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trimble, Michael R.

Schmitz, Bettina, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epilepsy--Psychological aspects.

Epilepsy.

Epilepsy--Chemotherapy--Complications.

Neuropsychiatry.

Epilepsy--complications.

Epilepsy--psychology.

Mental Disorders--etiology.

Neuropsychology.

Epilepsy--Chemotherapy.

Medical Subjects:

Epilepsy--complications.

Epilepsy--psychology.

Mental Disorders--etiology.

Neuropsychology.

Physical Description:

x, 350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Michael Trimble and Bettina Schmitz have assembled a multinational team of experts to review the most recent findings which explore the interface between epilepsy and behaviour disorders. They begin by looking at the classifications available and examine how adequate they are for defining the subtleties of behavioural changes in patients with neurological disorders. Coverage is broad-ranging, from related cognitive problems and the biological underpinnings, to clinical aspects, including pseudoseizures and treatment issues. There has been a great deal of research in this area over recent years, but limited published reviews. This timely book covers the practical implications of ongoing research, and offers both a diagnostic and a management perspective. It will be essential reading for all professionals engaged in the treatment of epileptic patients.

Contents:

2 Neuropsychiatric disorders in epilepsy

epidemiology and classification / E.S. Krishnamoorthy 5

3 Limbic connectivity: anatomical substrates of behavioural disturbances in epilepsy / J. Engel Jr, C. Wilson, F. Lopez-Rodriquez 18

Part II Clinical aspects

4 The psychiatry of idiopathic generalized epilepsy / Dieter Janz 41

5 Epilepsy and learning disorders / Cesare Maria Cornaggia, Giuseppe Gobbi 62

6 Subtle cognitive and behavioural effects of epilepsy / Frank M.C. Besag 70

7 Aggression and epilepsy / L. Tebartz van Elst 81

8 Epilepsy and suicide: a neuropsychiatric analysis / Dietrich Blumer 107

9 Postictal psychoses, revisited / Kousuke Kanemoto 117

Part III Cognitive aspects

10 Dementia and epilepsy / Stephen W. Brown 135

11 The risk of cognitive decline in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy / Hennric Jokeit, Alois Ebner 152

12 Behavioural and neuropsychological aspects of frontal lobe epilepsy / Christoph Helmstaedter 164

Part IV Nonepileptic attacks

13 Epilepsy, dissociation and nonepileptic seizures / Richard J. Brown 189

14 Psychobiology of psychogenic pseudoseizures / J. Chris Sackellares, D. Kalogiera-Sackellares 210

15 Epilepsy and panic disorder / Howard A. Ring, Nuri Gene-Cos 226

Part V Treatment complications

16 The effects of antiepileptic drugs on behaviour / Bettina Schmitz 241

17 Antiepileptic drug treatment and epileptic seizures

effects on cognitive function / Albert P. Aldenkamp 256

18 Psychiatric effects of surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy / Steffi Koch-Stoecker 266

19 Vagus nerve stimulation and mood / Christian E. Elger, Christian Hoppe 283

Part VI Treatment

20 On the use of psychotropic drugs in patients with seizure disorder / M.R. Trimble, Anke Hensiek 299

21 The role of psychotherapy in the treatment of epilepsies / Martin Schondienst 313

22 Choosing measures to assess quality of life (QOL) in epilepsy / Caroline E. Selai, Katja Elstner, M.R. Trimble 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521005167

OCLC:

48132350

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