Treatment of anxiety in epilepsy.
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.
Scicutella
Angela
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Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 11004, New York, NY, USA
B Ettinger
Alan
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