Health Outcomes in Epilepsy: The Influence of Psychiatric Comorbidity and Other Factors Zarya A. Rubin Frank Gilliam Psychiatric comorbidities, particularly depression, are known to negatively affect health outcomes and health-related…
Social Services in Epilepsy Patricia A. Gibson It has long been recognized that the social, psychological, and behavioral problems that frequently accompany epilepsy can be more handicapping than the actual…
Treating Patients with Psychological Nonepileptic Seizures W. Curt LaFrance Jr. Andres M. Kanner John J. Barry Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (NES), which are commonly occurring paroxysmal neuropsychiatric disorders, are still situated…
Psychopathology and Outcome in Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Elizabeth S. Bowman Andres M. Kanner Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNESs) is a psychiatric disorder that presents with symptoms that resemble epileptic seizures but…
Overview of Psychological Nonepileptic Seizures Andrew S. Blum W. Curt LaFrance The distinction between epilepsy and non-epilepsy has been made since the middle of the first millennium B.C. (1) and…
Psychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy Surgery Antoaneta J. Balabanov Andres M. Kanner Introduction Epilepsy surgery has become an established treatment for patients with medically intractable partial epilepsy (1). Indeed, the likelihood…
Psychiatric Issues in Patients with Epilepsy and Mental Retardation Raj D. Sheth Arthur Rifkin Psychotropic Properties of Antiepileptic Drugs in Patients with Mental Retardation People with intellectual disability (ID) have…
Psychiatric Complications of Epilepsy in the Geriatric Patient: Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations Marlis Frey Demographical trends document the significant increase in the number of older adults in our population. People…
Psychiatric and Cognitive Phenomena as an Expression of Epileptic Encephalopathies Andres M. Kanner Ruben Kuzniecky The classification of psychiatric clinical phenomena in patients with epilepsy is frequently based on their…
Forced Normalization: Value and Limitations of the Concept Michael Trimble Kimford J. Meador An association between epilepsy and psychosis has been noted since the nineteenth century (1), but the mechanisms…
