Women with epilepsy : a handbook of health and treatment issues / edited by Martha Morrell and Kerry L. Flynn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morrell, Martha J., editor.

Flynn, Kerry L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epilepsy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Epilepsy.

Women--Diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 297 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this handbook for sufferers, their clinicians, families and friends, Martha Morrell assembles a team of experts to review the special problems faced by women with epilepsy. In many ways epilepsy is a different disease in women than in men, given the biological and gender differences between the two. Epilepsy treatments affect fertility, and can cause pregnancy complications and birth defects, but most of the available drugs have been tested on men. Moreover, hormone effects on seizures are of particular concern to women at puberty, at menopause, and over the menstrual cycle. Many health-care providers are not informed about the unique issues facing women with epilepsy. This book, published in association with the Epilepsy Foundation of America, fills that gap and provides women with epilepsy with the information they need to be effective self-advocates.

Contents:

The Woman with Epilepsy: Introduction / Martha J. Morrell

On being a woman with epilepsy / Lisa Lindahl

The woman with epilepsy: a historical perspective / Orrin Devinsky

Quality of life issues for women with epilepsy / Joyce A. Cramer

Epilepsy Diagnosis and Treatment:

The genetics of epilepsy / Melodie R. Winawer and Ruth Ottman

Epilepsy: epidemiology, definitions. and diagnostic procedures / Simon Shorvon and Dominic Heaney

Antiepileptic drugs and other treatments for epilepsy / Jacqueline A. French

Epilepsy in children and adolescents / Patricia Crumine

Non-epileptic seizures / Steven C. Schacter

Hormones and the Brain: Brian differences / Paula Shear and Rosemary Fama

Sex hormones and how they act on the brain / Philip A. Schwartzkroin

Epilepsy and the menstrual cycle / Patricia O. Shafer and Andrew D. Herzog

Menopause and epilepsy / Fariha Abbasi and Allan Krumholz.

Health Challenges for Women with Epilepsy: Reproductive health for women with epilepsy / Martha J. Morrell

Sexual dysfunction in epilepsy / Martha J. Morrell

Bone health in women with epilepsy / Robert Marcus

Psychiatric complications in epilepsy / Laura Marsh

Family Planning, Pregnancy and Parenting: Family planning and contraceptive choice / Pamela Crawford

Pregnancy risks for the woman with epilepsy / Mark Yerby and Yasser Y. El-Sayed

Risks of birth defects in children born to mothers with epilepsy / Aline T. Derdiarian and Yasser Y. El-Sayed

Neurocognitive outcome in children of mothers with epilepsy / Kimford J. Meador

Parents with epilepsy / Mimi Callanan

Living Well with Epilepsy:

The impact of epilepsy on relationships / Patricia Gibson

Parenting the daughter with epilepsy / Joan Kessner Austin and Janet Austin Tooze

Safety issues for women with epilepsy / Jeanne Carpenter

Work issues / Jim Troxell

Appendix: the Epilepsy Foundation's Campaign for Women's Health / Elizabeth A. Borda.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15781-1

0-511-33651-9

1-281-11286-0

9786611112868

1-139-13005-6

0-511-33770-1

0-511-33716-7

0-511-54503-7

0-511-33826-0

OCLC:

191727685