TY - CHAP
T1 - Chapter 20 Psychiatric Comorbidities in Epilepsy
AU - LaFrance, W. Curt
AU - Kanner, Andres M.
AU - Hermann, Bruce
PY - 2008/10/7
Y1 - 2008/10/7
N2 - Psychiatric disorders can be identified in 25-50% of patients with epilepsy, with higher prevalence among patients with poorly controlled seizures. These disturbances include depression, anxiety, psychotic disorders, cognitive, and personality changes occurring in the interictal or ictal/postictal states. In this chapter, we describe four areas of focus in women with epilepsy: comorbid primary psychiatric processes, integrated symptoms secondary to epilepsy, stigma and psychosocial consequences of epilepsy, and nonepileptic seizures.
AB - Psychiatric disorders can be identified in 25-50% of patients with epilepsy, with higher prevalence among patients with poorly controlled seizures. These disturbances include depression, anxiety, psychotic disorders, cognitive, and personality changes occurring in the interictal or ictal/postictal states. In this chapter, we describe four areas of focus in women with epilepsy: comorbid primary psychiatric processes, integrated symptoms secondary to epilepsy, stigma and psychosocial consequences of epilepsy, and nonepileptic seizures.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0074-7742(08)00020-2
DO - 10.1016/S0074-7742(08)00020-2
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 18929092
AN - SCOPUS:53049094227
SN - 9780123742766
T3 - International Review of Neurobiology
SP - 347
EP - 383
BT - Epilepsy in Women The Scientific Basis for Clinical Management
A2 - Gidal, Barry
A2 - Harden, Cynthia
ER -