The Neuropsychiatry of Epilepsy

by Edited by Michael Trimble , Bettina Schmitz

• ISBN13: 9780521005166
• ISBN10: 0521005167
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-16
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Michael Trimble and Bettina Schmitz have assembled a multi-national team of experts to review the most recent findings and explore the interface between epilepsy and behaviour disorders. They begin by looking at the classifications available and examine how adequate they are for defining the subtleties of behavioural changes in patients with neurological disorders. Coverage is broad-ranging, from related cognitive problems, the biological underpinnings and pseudoseizures, to clinical aspects and treatment issues. There has been a great deal of research in this area over recent years, but limited published reviews. This timely book covers the practical implications of ongoing research, and offers both a diagnostic and management perspective. It will be essential reading for all professionals engaged in the treatment of epileptic patients.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	viii
Part I Background
Introduction	3	(2)
M.R. Trimble
B. Schmitz
Neuropsychiatric disorders in epilepsy--epidemiology and classification	5	(13)
E.S. Krishnamoorthy
Limbic connectivity: anatomical substrates of behavioural disturbances in epilepsy	18	(23)
J. Engel Jr
C. Wilson
F. Lopez-Rodriquez
Part II Clinical aspects
The psychiatry of idiopathic generalized epilepsy	41	(21)
Dieter Janz
Epilepsy and learning disorders	62	(8)
Cesare Maria Cornaggia
Giuseppe Gobbi
Subtle cognitive and behavioural effects of epilepsy	70	(11)
Frank M.C. Besag
Aggression and epilepsy	81	(26)
L. Tebartz van Elst
Epilepsy and suicide: a neuropsychiatric analysis	107	(10)
Dietrich Blumer
Postictal psychoses, revisited	117	(18)
Kousuke Kanemoto
Part III Cognitive aspects
Dementia and epilepsy	135	(17)
Stephen W. Brown
The risk of cognitive decline in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy	152	(12)
Hennric Jokeit
Alois Ebner
Behavioural and neuropsychological aspects of frontal lobe epilepsy	164	(25)
Christoph Helmstaedter
Part IV Nonepileptic attacks
Epilepsy, dissociation and nonepileptic seizures	189	(21)
Richard J. Brown
Psychobiology of psychogenic pseudoseizures	210	(16)
J. Chris Sackellares
D. Kalogjera-Sackellares
Epilepsy and panic disorder	226	(15)
Howard A. Ring
Nuri Gene-Cos
Part V Treatment complications
The effects of antiepileptic drugs on behaviour	241	(15)
Bettina Schmitz
Antiepileptic drug treatment and epileptic seizures--effects on cognitive function	256	(10)
Albert P. Aldenkamp
Psychiatric effects of surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy	266	(17)
Steffi Koch-Stoecker
Vagus nerve stimulationand mood	283	(16)
Christian E. Elger
Christian Hoppe
Part VI Treatment
On the use of psychotropic drugs in patients with seizure disorder	299	(14)
M.R. Trimble
Anke Hensiek
The role of psychotherapy in the treatment of epilepsies	313	(10)
Martin Schondienst
Choosing measures to assess quality of life (QOL) in epilepsy	323	(20)
Caroline E. Selai
Katja Elstner
M.R. Trimble
Index	343