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- Title
Epilepsy,Mental Health Disorder, or Both?
- Authors
Beletsky, Vadim; Mirsattari, Seyed M.
- Abstract
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), a subset of the seizure disorder family, represents a complex neuropsychiatric illness, where the neurological presentation may be complemented by varying severity of affective, behavioral, psychotic, or personality abnormalities, which, in turn, may not only lead to misdiagnosis, but also affect the management. This paper outlines a spectrum of mental health presentations, including psychosis, mood, anxiety, panic, and dissociative states, associated with epilepsy that make the correct diagnosis a challenge.
- Subjects
TEMPORAL lobe epilepsy; MENTAL health; NEUROBEHAVIORAL disorders; NEUROLOGY; PERSONALITY; DIAGNOSTIC errors; PSYCHOSES; ANXIETY
- Publication
Epilepsy Research & Treatment, 2012, p1
- ISSN
2090-1348
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2012/163731