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Section 1: Neuropsychiatric manifestations and comorbidities (I)

(1.1) Section 1: Neuropsychiatric manifestations and comorbidities (I)

(1.2) Test your knowledge 1

(1.3) The prevalence of psychiatric disorder in epilepsy

(1.4) Risk factors for psychiatric disorder in epilepsy

(1.5) Test your knowledge 2

(1.6) Depression

(1.7) Reflection

(1.8) Pre-ictal depression

(1.9) Ictal depression

(1.10) Post-ictal depression

(1.11) Inter-ictal depression

(1.12) Reflection

(1.13) Treatment of depression in epilepsy: pre-ictal, ictal and post-ictal depression

(1.14) Treatment of depression in epilepsy: inter-ictal and comorbid depression

(1.15) Treatment of depression in epilepsy: further considerations

(1.16) Test your knowledge 3

(1.17) Mortality and suicide

(1.18) Section 1: Recap

(1.19) Section 1: Recap (cont..)

Section 1: Summary

 

Section 2: Neuropsychiatric manifestations and comorbidities (II)

(2.1) Section 2: Neuropsychiatric manifestations and comorbidities (I)

(2.2) Reflection

(2.3) Anxiety

2.4) Reflection

(2.5) Ictal anxiety

(2.6) Post-ictal anxiety

(2.7) Inter-ictal anxiety

(2.8) Reflection

(2.9) Treatment of anxiety disorders in epilepsy 

(2.10) Treatment of anxiety disorders in epilepsy (cont..)

(2.11) Reflection

(2.12) Psychosis

(2.13) Ictal psychosis of epilepsy

(2.14) Post-ictal psychosis of epilepsy

(2.15) Inter-ictal psychosis of epilepsy

(2.16) Alternative psychosis of epilepsy

(2.17) Reflection

(2.18) Treatment of psychosis of epilepsy

(2.19) Behavioural changes associated with epilepsy

(2.20) Section 2: Recap

(2.21) Section 2: Recap (cont..)

Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Non-epileptic fits

(3.1) Section 3: Non-epileptic fits

(3.2) Concept

(3.3) Terminology

(3.4) Causes of non-epileptic seizures

(3.5) Epidemiology

(3.6) Aetiology

(3.7) Reflection

(3.8) Clinical presentation

(3.9) Diagnosis: clinical assessment

(3.10) Diagnosis: examination

(3.11) Diagnosis: laboratory tests

(3.12) Reflection

(3.13) Management principles

(3.14) Psychoeducation

(3.15) Pharmacotherapy

(3.16) Psychotherapy

(3.17) Section 3: Recap

(3.18) Section 3: Recap (cont..)

Section 3: Summary

 

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Appendix: Epilepsy overview

(A1) Appendix: Epilepsy overview

(A2) Background

(A3) What is epilepsy?

(A4) Figure 1: Graphical representation of phases associated with epileptic seizures and ictal progression

(A5) Seizure types

(A6) Classification

(A7) Epidemiology

(A8) Test your knowledge 4

(A9) Figure 4: Distribution of types of epilepsy by age

(A10) Pathophysiology

(A11) Aetiology

(A12) Causes of recurrent seizures in different age groups

(A13) Test your knowledge 5

(A14) Test your knowledge 5 (cont..)

(A15) Differential diagnoses of epilepsy

(A16) Test your knowledge 6

(A17) Test your knowledge 6 (cont..)

(A18) Diagnosis

(A19) Other useful investigations

(A20) Choices of anti-epileptic drug

(A21) Test your knowledge 7

(A22) Management principles

(A23) Response to anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs)

(A24) Epilepsy surgery

(A25) Reflection

Appendix: Summary

 

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