Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and yoga for drug-refractory epilepsy: A randomized controlled trial

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-108

  Lundgren, Tobias ^a   Dahl, JoAnne ^a   Yardi, Nandan ^b   Melin, Lennart ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Yardi Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Epilepsy; India; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ENCORATE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVITIS; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NAUSEA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; THERAPY EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WEIGHT GAIN; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 46549089624     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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