Epilepsy and Sleep
42 CHAPTER Epilepsy and Sleep Erick N. Viorritto and Sujay M. Kansagra Even before the advent of EEG in the early twentieth century, clinical observation had borne out a connection…
Epilepsy and Headaches
41 CHAPTER Epilepsy and Headaches Timothy A. Collins Epilepsy and migraine have been discussed as having possible links since the late 1800s. In 1906, Gowers gave a series of lectures…
Social Issues
39 CHAPTER Social Issues David M. Labiner Living with epilepsy is fraught with difficulties not endured by individuals without epilepsy. Issues include the fact that individuals with epilepsy tend to…
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Events
37 CHAPTER Psychogenic Nonepileptic Events Jonathan J. Halford Nonepileptic events (NEEs) are episodes of altered movement, sensation, or experience resembling epileptic seizures which are not associated with ictal epileptiform discharges…
Alternative Therapies
33 CHAPTER Alternative Therapies William L. Bell What is considered mainstream versus alternative therapies in medicine is very dependent on time and geography. The late nineteenth-century classic texts by Gowers…
Other Techniques
24 CHAPTER Other Techniques Saurabh R. Sinha Beyond the commonly used diagnostic modalities (eg, scalp and intracranial EEG, MRI and other imaging techniques, neuropsychological testing), there are several new/emerging techniques…
Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation
15 CHAPTER Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation Tung T. Tran Consideration of epilepsy surgery is important in the treatment of patients with persistent epileptic seizures despite optimal medication management. About half of…
Seizure Semiology
16 CHAPTER Seizure Semiology Dinesh V. Raju and Mohamad A. Mikati Seizure semiology describes the subjective and objective signs and symptoms of a seizure. These signs are used to classify…
Clinical Evaluation
9 CHAPTER Clinical Evaluation Aatif M. Husain and Abeer J. Hani The clinical evaluation of epilepsy patients, like any other patient, involves a careful review of the history, thorough examination,…
