Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 347-383 |
| Number of pages | 37 |
| Journal | International Review of Neurobiology |
| Volume | 83 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
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Chapter 20 Psychiatric Comorbidities in Epilepsy. / LaFrance, W. Curt; Kanner, Andres M; Hermann, Bruce.
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