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Psychiatric issues in epilepsy : a practical guide to diagnosis and treatment [E-book]

Contributor(s): Publication details: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxiv, 547 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780781785914 (alk. paper)
  • 078178591X (alk. paper)
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WL 385
Online resources: Summary: This volume is a pragmatic, comprehensive guide to evaluation and management of psychiatric problems in patients with epilepsy. The authors critically analyze recent findings on the relationship between seizures and psychiatric disorders and offer practical recommendations for diagnosis and treatment. Numerous case studies are included. This thoroughly updated edition includes new material on animal models of psychopathology in epilepsy, use of psychotropic drugs in epilepsy, use of antiepileptic drugs in psychiatry, neuroanatomic and neurobiologic bases of psychiatric disorders, neuropsychological evaluation in children with epilepsy, neuropsychological testing in epilepsy surgery candidates, and value and limitations of the forced normalization concept.
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Electronic book South London and Maudsley Trust Library Online LWW Psychiatry E-Book Collection WL 385 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust staff click here for online access (Athens login required) Ettinger17

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume is a pragmatic, comprehensive guide to evaluation and management of psychiatric problems in patients with epilepsy. The authors critically analyze recent findings on the relationship between seizures and psychiatric disorders and offer practical recommendations for diagnosis and treatment. Numerous case studies are included. This thoroughly updated edition includes new material on animal models of psychopathology in epilepsy, use of psychotropic drugs in epilepsy, use of antiepileptic drugs in psychiatry, neuroanatomic and neurobiologic bases of psychiatric disorders, neuropsychological evaluation in children with epilepsy, neuropsychological testing in epilepsy surgery candidates, and value and limitations of the forced normalization concept.

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