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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973722203321

Autore

Deonna Thierry

Titolo

Cognitive and behavioural disorders of epileptic origin in children / / Thierry Deonna, Eliane Roulet-Perez ; foreword by Jean Aicardi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Mac Keith Press

[Cambridge, U.K.] ; ; [New York], : Distributed by Cambridge University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-898683-75-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Clinics in developmental medicine ; ; no. 168

Altri autori (Persone)

Roulet-PerezEliane

Disciplina

618.92853

Soggetti

Epilepsy in children

Cognition disorders in children

Behavior disorders in children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cognitive effects of epilepsy : epilepsy as a non-paroxysmal disorder and the concept of "cognitive epilepsies" -- Epilepsy in the developing brain -- Epilepsy and cognitive functions : identifying the direct effects of epilepsy -- Epilepsy and cognitive functions : the other variables -- Cognitive and behavioural problems in childhood epilepsies : a literature review -- Childhood neuropsychology (developmental cognitive neuropsychology) in the context of epilepsy -- Epileptic cognitive dysfunction in specific epileptic syndromes or epileptic conditions -- Epileptic cognitive dysfunction in some specific brain pathologies -- Epilepsy surgery in children : an opportunity to study the direct role of epilepsy in cognitive disturbances -- Epilepsy and mental retardation : the role of epilepsy -- Developmental disorders and epilepsy -- Neuropsychological evaluation of cognitive-behavioural effects of epilepsy in children -- Practical clinical issues in diagnosis and antiepileptic drug therapy -- Psychological and educational aspects : special implications for epilepsies with cognitive manifestations -- Adult outcome of childhood epilepsies with 'cognitive' epileptic manifestations : unexpected lessons from follow-up studies.

Sommario/riassunto

Different kinds of epilepsy in children have a variety of effects on their behaviour and cognitive development. This book analyses these effects



using the single case study method in which the children, followed for several years, sometimes to adulthood, are their own controls.