Is the Psychopathology of Epilepsy Different from That of Nonepileptic Patients?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 170-186

  Kanner, Andres M ^a   Barry, John J ^b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysthymic disorder; major depression; interictal dysphoria of epilepsy; postictal depression; postictal psychosis; psychosis of epilepsy; schizophrenia; refractory epilepsy; partial epilepsy; temporal lobe epilepsy; antipsychotic drugs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000989780     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2001.0192     Document Type: Article

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