Psychiatric concerns in pediatric epilepsy.
Pediatric epilepsy is a common, chronic, and challenging physical illness for children and their families. This article provides a medical overview and discusses the cognitive functioning and psychosocial adjustment as well as the psychiatric management for children and adolescents with pediatric epilepsy. The management of these children involves establishing a collaborative health care approach, evaluating academic functioning, considering psychotherapy, and managing psychopharmacologic treatment. A thorough understanding of the biopsychosocial concerns in pediatric epilepsy can enable medical providers and mental health clinicians to promote resiliency and adaptation in children and their families facing troubling seizure disorders.
Bujoreanu
I Simona
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Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. simona.bujoreanu@childrens.harvard.edu
Ibeziako
Patricia
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DeMaso
David Ray
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D000293:Adolescent; D000588:Amines / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003511:Cyclohexanols / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D000077206:Gabapentin; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000069583:Pregabalin; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069470:Venlafaxine Hydrochloride; D055815:Young Adult; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000588:Amines; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D003511:Cyclohexanols; D000077206:Gabapentin; D009638:Norepinephrine; D000069583:Pregabalin; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; D014635:Valproic Acid; D000069470:Venlafaxine Hydrochloride; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid