Depression in epilepsy: A critical review from a clinical perspective

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 462-472

  Hoppe, Christian ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAPENEM; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

BRAIN SURGERY; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AFFECT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 80051546513     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2011.104     Document Type: Review

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