Psychosocial difficulties in people with epilepsy: A systematic review of literature from 2005 until 2010

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-67

  Quintas, Rui ^a   Raggi, Alberto ^a   Giovannetti, Ambra M ^a   Pagani, Marco ^a   Sabariego, Carla ^b   Cieza, Alarcos ^b   Leonardi, Matilde ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Determinants; Epilepsy; Paradise project; Psychosocial difficulties (PSD)

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEMORY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84866295342     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.05.016     Document Type: Review

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