title: Treatment of anxiety in epilepsy.
abstract: The association of anxiety with epilepsy has been noted for centuries. Anxiety can occur at different phases of a seizure event and present with diverse clinical symptoms similar to those seen in panic, obsessive-compulsive, or generalized anxiety disorders. Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments of anxiety in the context of epilepsy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 11004, New York, NY, USA
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scicutella
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: B Ettinger