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

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Publication details: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxiv, 547 p. : illISBN:

9780781785914 (alk. paper)
078178591X (alk. paper)

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NLM classification:

WL 385

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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 On website	LWW Psychiatry E-Book Collection	WL 385 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		Ettinger17

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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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