Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy: Principles and Practice - Hardcover

Holmes MD, Gregory L.; Shachter MD, Steven C.; Trenite MD MPH, Dorothee GA Kasteleijn-Nolst

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1933864044 ISBN 13: 9781933864044

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

"The field of epilepsy and behavior has grown considerably in the past number of years, reflecting advances in the laboratory and clinic. Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy: Principles and Practice is the definitive text on epilepsy behavioral issues, from basic science to clinical applications, for all neurologists, psychosocial specialists, and researchers in the fields of epilepsy, neuroscience, and psychology/psychiatry.

Behavioral aspects of epilepsy include a patient's experiences during seizures, his or her reaction during and between seizures, the frequency of episodes and what can be determined from the number of seizures. With contributions by dozens of leading international experts, this is the only book to cover all aspects of this critical emerging science. Adult and pediatric patients, animal models, and epilepsy surgery and its effects are all covered in detail.

Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy is the only source for up-to-date information on a topic that has significant and growing interest in the medical community. This comprehensive, authoritative text has a bench to bedside, approach that covers:
• The mechanisms underlying epilepsy and behavior
• Neurophysiologic function
• Neuropsychiatric and behavioral disorders in patients with epilepsy
• The effects of treatments and surgery on behavior
• Pediatric and adolescent epilepsy
• Disorders associated with epilepsy that impact behavior
• And much more

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About this title

About the Authors

Gregory L. Holmes, MD , is Chair and Professor of Neurology, Dartmouth Medical School.

Steven C. Schachter, MD, is currently Director of Research for the Neurology Department and Vice Chair of the Committee for Clinical Investigations at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Director of Clinical Research, Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dorothee GA Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor, Medical Genetics, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands and has a Marie Curie Chair on Visual Sensitivity (FP6 European research program), Universita di Rome, Sapienza.

Edition details

• Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933864044
• ISBN 13: 9781933864044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 519