Psychiatric Issues in Epilepsy is a pragmatic, comprehensive guide to the 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.

Psychiatric Issues in Epilepsy covers:

• 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
• Value and limitations of the forced normalization concept

Contents

Basic Concepts

1. Epidemiological Considerations
2. Models of Psychopathology in Epilepsy: Lessons Learned from Animal Studies
3. Animal Models of Depression and Epilepsy: The Genetically Epilepsy-Prone Rat
4. The Use of Psychotropic Drugs in Epilepsy: A Review of Pharmacokenetic, Pharmacodynamic, and Safety Issues
5. Psychotropic Properties of Antiepileptic Drugs
6. Cognitive Effects of Antiepilepic Drugs
7. Neuroanatomical and Neurobiological Bases of Psychiatric Disorders

Diagnostic Evaluations

8. Psychiatric Evaluation of the Adult and Pediatric Patient with Epilepsy: A Practical Approach for the "Nonpsychiatrist"
9. Psychiatric Aspects of Pediatric Epilepsy
10. Neuropsychological Evaluation in Adults with Epilepsy
11. Neuropsychological Evaluation in Children with Epilepsy
12. Neuropsychological Testing as Part of a Presurgical Evaluation

Psychiatric Disorders in Epilepsy

13. Affective Disorders in Epilepsy
14. Anxiety Disorders in Epilepsy
15. The Psychoses of Epilepsy
16. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Problems, and Epilepsy
17. Personality Disorders in Epilepsy
18. Aggression in Epilepsy

Paraictal Disorders

19. Peri-ictal Psychiatric Phenomena: Clinical Characteristics and Implications of Past and Future Psychiatric Disorders
20. Forced Normalization: Value and Limitations of the Concept
21. Psychiatric and Cognitive Phenomena as an Expression of Epileptic Encephalopathies

Special Groups

22. Psychiatric Complications of Epilepsy in the Geriatric Patient: Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations
23. Psychiatric Issues in Patients with Epilepsy and Mental Retardation
24. Psychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy Surgery

Psychogenic Nonepileptic Events

25. Overview of Psychological Nonepileptic Seizures
26. Psychopathology and Outcome in Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
27. Treating Patients with Psychological Nonepileptic Seizures

Psychosocial Issues

28. Social Services in Epilepsy
29. Health Outcomes in Epilepsy: The Influence of Psychiatric Comorbidity and Other Factors
30. Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatric Epilepsy

Index

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