The Psychiatric Perspectives of Epilepsy

The Psychiatric Perspectives of Epilepsy

Psychiatric conditions occur frequently in epilepsy, and their manifestations are diverse. Evaluation and management require knowledge of disease processes relevant to epilepsy and to psychiatry, as well as the role of other factors that affect the expression of psychiatric illnesses: behaviors, tem...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychosomatics (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2000, Vol.41 (1), p.31-38
Hauptverfasser: Schwartz, Joseph M., Marsh, Laura
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Diagnosis, Differential
Epilepsy - drug therapy
Epilepsy - psychology
Humans
Intelligence - physiology
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - etiology
Temperament - physiology
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Zusammenfassung:Psychiatric conditions occur frequently in epilepsy, and their manifestations are diverse. Evaluation and management require knowledge of disease processes relevant to epilepsy and to psychiatry, as well as the role of other factors that affect the expression of psychiatric illnesses: behaviors, temperament, cognition, and life events. This article describes a comprehensive approach for addressing psychiatric issues in epilepsy patients.
ISSN:0033-3182
1545-7206
DOI:10.1016/S0033-3182(00)71171-6