Case study: seizure disorder presenting as panic disorder with agoraphobia.
Seizure disorders can produce anxiety that is almost indistinguishable from psychiatric disorders. There are few reports of adolescents with seizure disorders that produce fear. The first case of an adolescent female who presented with panic disorder and agoraphobia which was a consequence of seizure activity is reported. Careful diagnostic evaluation and correlation with video electroencephalography were important in distinguishing seizure activity from panic disorder.
Lee
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Department of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Helmers
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Steingard
R J
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DeMaso
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D000293:Adolescent; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*