The neuropsychiatry of epilepsy (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Neuropsychiatric disorders in epilepsy -- epidemiology and classification; 3 Limbic connectivity: anatomical substrates of behavioural disturbances in epilepsy; 4 The psychiatry of idiopathic generalized epilepsy; 5 Epilepsy and learning disorders; 6 Subtle cognitive and behavioural effects of epilepsy; 7 Aggression and epilepsy; 8 Epilepsy and suicide: a neuropsychiatric analysis; 9 Postictal psychoses, revisited; 10 Dementia and epilepsy
Michael Trimble and Bettina Schmitz have assembled a multi-national team of experts to review and explore the interface between epilepsy and behaviour disorders. Coverage is broad-ranging and offers both a diagnostic and management perspective. This will be essential reading for all professionals engaged in the treatment of epileptic patients