PMID: 2095299Dec 1, 1990Paper

Psychobehavioral disturbance in epileptic children

Child's Nervous System : ChNS : Official Journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
G B Cavazzuti, A Nalin

Abstract

Psychobehavioral disturbances are frequently seen in epileptic children, but they vary in type and degree. This diversity depends on various factors: age at onset, type of epileptic syndrome and EEG pattern, and the drugs used. The early onset of an epileptic process (within the first year of life) has a profound effect on the organization of primary relational processes and on structuring of the ego. The cognitive and behavioral damage that results may become evident after just a few seizures and may persist through time when such damage is not definitive. Epilepsy with onset in childhood may be accompanied by practognosic deficits and impairment of memory, attention and analytical reasoning. These deficits occur much more frequently in the symptomatic forms. In adolescent forms of epilepsy prevalently idiopathic, disturbances of a neurotic type are relatively common. Psychobehavioral disturbances tied to drugs can be noticed mainly with the use of phenobarbital (hyperactivity, longer reaction times), phenytoin (torpor), and politherapy.

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Feb 1, 1980·Epilepsia·G B CavazzutiA Nalin

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May 8, 2000·Pediatric Rehabilitation·E L Leonard, M R George

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