Developmental Neuropsychological Aspects of Epilepsy in ChildhoodAbstract: Neuropsychological impacts of epileptic conditions, especially in childhood are undervalued until now by the clinical and the scientific neuropsychology. In this paper clinically ...
WISC-III: Selection of a Short Form for Pediatric Patients with EpilepsyAbstract: Our study evaluated the applicability of different WISC-III short forms for pediatric patients with epilepsy by use of theoretical, statistical, and empirical criteria. We ...
Abstract.Background & Aims: Epilepsy affects nearly 70 million people worldwide. Vitamin D deficiency may influence the balance of certain epilepsies. The purpose of this study was to determine the vitamin D status and anthropometric measurements of ...
Epilepsy is a common and chronic disease which affects persons at every age. Even though medication can prevent seizures, epilepsy has implications for daily living. Sorrows, increased depression rates and restrictions in everyday life were documented ...
Gamma Activity: The Importance of High-Frequency EEG Oscillations in PsychopathologyAbstract: Due to its small amplitude the importance of high-frequency EEG oscillations is often underestimated as compared to the slower oscillations with larger ...
Stroke in Children and Adolescents – Impact on Cognitive DevelopmentEven though strokes do not occur frequently in childhood and adolescence, there are large adverse effects on the cognitive development of children suffering from stroke. Different ...
Deficits in cognitive estimation in patients with right-frontal and right-temporal lobe epilepsyAbstract.Background: Previous studies revealed a right-hemispheric dominance for cognitive estimation processes. ...
Migrainous complex hallucinations in 10-year old patient - a case report and reviewSummary:Objectives: Considering a prevalence of three to ten percent migraine in children is not a rare disease. Visual auras as a characteristic of classical migraine ...
Quantitative effect of treatment with methylphenidate on EEG - a pilot studySummary:Objective: As a presumptive side effect, a lowered seizure threshold due to medication with methylphenidate remains controversial. The pilot study at hand addresses the ...
Seizures of the occipital lobe appearing like panic attacksEleven-year-old Stephanie was admitted to a child and adolescent psychiatry day hospital with symptoms of an anxiety and panic disorder, and compulsive and self-harmful behavior. The patient ...
Comorbidity in autism spectrum disorders – II. Genetic syndromes and neurological problemsObjective: Children with a pervasive developmental disorder show in addition to core symptoms a variety of genetic syndromes as well as neurological problems, which ...
Adolescents with Epilepsy: Psychosocial Adaptation and CopingAbstract: Adolescents with chronic diseases are challenged not only with general issues of this developmental phase but face many additional problems. The present article reviews issues of ...
Neurological symptoms in cancer patients have a great impact on quality of life and need an interdisciplinary approach. They lead to significant impairment in activities of daily living (gait disorders, dizziness), a loss of patients independency (...
Epilepsy And Driving Ability: The New GuidelineAbstract. The Swiss Guideline concerning epilepsy and driving has recently been revised. Recommendations have changed significantly in several respects. Some modifications arise indirectly from a change in ...
Work and Epilepsy – Facts and PhantasiesAbstract. Epilepsies can affect ability to work in a certain workplace and reintegration capacity not only due the seizures, but also due to possible accompanying neurological, neuropsychological and psychiatric ...
Restlessness and Syncopes in a Patient from a Home for ElderlyAbstract. A broad differential diagnosis should be considered when faced with syncopes. Most common causes are cardiovascular and neurological causes. If there ...
Psychological and familial stress in children of mothers with epilepsyAbstract. This study investigates the long-term psychological development and familial situation of adolescents whose mothers have been suffering from epilepsy throughout their ...
Determinants of stress in mothers of children with epilepsyAbstract. This study used an adapted version of the Parenting Stress Index (Abidin, 1990) to assess stress in mothers of children with epilepsy. Participants were 86 mothers whose children were ...