Post-traumatic stress disorder and amygdala-hippocampectomy

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 360-363

  Adami, P ^a   Konig P ^a   Vetter, Z ^a   Hausmann, A ^b   Conca, A ^a,b  

^a Regional Hospital Rankweil   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Epilepsy; Neurosurgery; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychological stress; Selective amygdala hippocampectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; TIANEPTINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA HIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VICTIM;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INCEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33645993932     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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