Overview: Psychiatric Issues
Overview: Psychiatric Issues Michael R. Trimble Introduction The links between epilepsy and psychiatry have a long and respectable history, but for reasons best deliberated on by historians, the growing gap…
Pregnancy and the Mother with Epilepsy
Pregnancy and the Mother with Epilepsy Mark S. Yerby Introduction The management of women with epilepsy is an area that has received increased attention from neurologists. The discrimination and bias…
Sexuality in Epilepsy
Sexuality in Epilepsy Martha J. Morrell Introduction Men and women with epilepsy are believed to be at high risk for sexual dysfunction, although the precise frequency with which sexual dysfunction…
Disorders of Reproduction and Fertility
Disorders of Reproduction and Fertility Andrew G. Herzog Introduction Reproductive dysfunction is unusually common among women and men who have epilepsy.27,47,48 It generally manifests as menstrual disorders, hirsutism, and infertility…
Effects of Hormones on Seizure Expression
Effects of Hormones on Seizure Expression Torbjörn Bäckström Introduction Epilepsy is a complicated condition that may affect different areas of life. For example, fertility, family planning, and pregnancy are affected…
Hormone Changes in Epilepsy
Hormone Changes in Epilepsy Cynthia L. Harden Cheryl A. Frye Introduction The relationship between hormones and seizures has long been recognized with the observation of prolactin elevation immediately following generalized…
Procedures and Anesthesia in Patients with Epilepsy
Procedures and Anesthesia in Patients with Epilepsy Orrin Devinsky Douglas R. Nordli Jr. Introduction Patients with epilepsy are often considered to be at high risk for routine medical and dental…
Comorbidity and Immunizations in Children
Comorbidity and Immunizations in Children Trevor J. Resnick Michael S. Duchowny Introduction Comorbidity refers to the effect of other diseases and conditions on the management of epilepsy and to the…
Comorbidity in Adults
Comorbidity in Adults Michael J. Aminoff Jack M. Parent Introduction Seizures commonly occur in the setting of general medical disorders, and their occurrence may then have significant implications regarding the…
Autonomic Disturbances
Autonomic Disturbances Jeffrey H. Goodman Mark Stewart Frank W. Drislane Introduction Seizures are often accompanied by alterations in autonomic function such that any system controlled by the autonomic nervous system…
