Epilepsy and anxiety: Epidemiology, classification, aetiology, and treatment

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-256

  Kimiskidis, Vasilios K ^a   Valeta, Thalia ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Anxiety; Epilepsy; Panic attacks

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; PREGABALIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEARNING THEORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ANXIETY; SEIZURES;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ANXIETY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURES;

EID: 84867424863     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0524     Document Type: Review

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