NEUROBEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF EPILEPSY

Authors
BLUM DE BORTZ J
Citation
De. Blum et J. Bortz, NEUROBEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF EPILEPSY, Current opinion in psychiatry, 11(3), 1998, pp. 321-326
Citations number
54
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Current opinion in psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09517367
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
321 - 326
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7367(1998)11:3<321:NAOE>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Persons with epilepsy may experience a variety of neurobehavioral prob lems, including difficulties with memory and other cognitive problems, mood disorders, episodic psychosis, and sexual dysfunction. Treatment can have both adverse and beneficial impacts. Understanding of biolog ical mechanisms and psychosocial implications of neurobehavioral probl ems have advanced considerably in recent years, and hold considerable promise for scientific and clinical progress. (C) 1998 Rapid Science L td.