Psychologic and behavioral disturbance among epileptic children treated with barbiturate anticonvulsants.
From their studies of epileptic children, the authors found that barbiturate anticonvulsants have several unexpected psychologic and behavioral effects. They suggest that clinicians dealing with depression in epileptic patients consider the possibility that barbiturate anticonvulsants may be a contributing factor.
D001463:Barbiturates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003863:Depression / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept
D001463:Barbiturates