This book provides essential information about the variety of seizure disorders and serves as a basic epilepsy reference guide for students and practicing clinical neuropsychologists. In addition to epilepsy neuropsychological assessment issues, the book provides an overview of the known cognitive effects of seizures as well as the adaptive, emotional, and psychiatric consequences of epilepsy including a chapter on psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Diagnostic tests, such as EEG and structural neuroimaging, are described and the leading treatment options are detailed with a chapter on pharmacologic therapies which reviews the known cognitive and behaivoral side effects of specific antiepileptic drugs. Many of the more rare epilepsy disorders have been included in the appendices for quick and easy reference.The book also details the role of neuropsychology within the epilepsy surgery process including pre-and post-surgery cognitive evaluations, cortical stimulation mapping, functional neuroimaging, and intracarotid amobarbital (Wada) procedures and reviews the major surgical treatment options used in the intractable epilepsies. Case examples are dispersed throughout the text with neuropsychological results as heuristic aids. The book concludes with a glossary of epilepsy terms.

PREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSPART ONEMEDICAL ASPECTS OF EPILEPSY FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGISTSChapter 1IntroductionDefinitionsEpidemiologyEtiologyRole of Neuropsychologist in EpilepsyRole of Neuropsychologist in Epilepsy SurgeryChapter 2Classification of Epilepsy DisordersTradition Classification of Seizure DisordersPartial Seizure DisordersSimple Partial SeizuresComplex Partial SeizuresGeneralized Seizure DisordersAbsence SeizuresTonic-Clonic SeizuresEpidemiology of Seizure DisordersEtiology of Seizure DisordersChapter 3Epilepsy SyndromesLocalization-Related EpilepsiesIdiopathic Localization-RelatedSymptomatic Localization-RelatedSymptomatic Reflex EpilepsiesTemporal Lobe EpilepsiesFrontal Lobe EpilepsiesParietal Lobe EpilepsiesOccipital Lobe EpilepsiesCrytogenic Localization-Related EpilepsiesGeneralized Epilepsy SyndromesIdiopathic Generalized SyndromesChildhood Absence EpilepsyJuvenile Absence EpilepsyCryptogenic Generalized Epilepsy SyndromesLennox-Gastaut SyndromeSymptomatic Generalized Epilepsy SyndromesUndetermined Epilepsy SyndromesAcquired Epileptic AphasiaContinuous Spike-Waves during Slow SleepSpecial SyndromesFebrile ConvulsionsIsolated Status EpilepticusEpidemiology of Epilepsy SyndromesEtiology of Epilepsy SyndromesNon-Epileptic SeizuresSudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)Chapter 4Diagnostic Tests in EpilepsyElectrophysiologyInterictal Scalp RecordingsEEG Patterns in Partial EpilepsiesEEG Patterns in Generalized EpilepsiesStructural Neuroimaging in EpilepsyChapter 5Medical (Non-Surgical) Treatment of EpilepsyPharmacological TherapiesOlder Antiepileptic DrugsNewer Antiepileptic DrugsAntiepileptic Drug Adverse EffectsAntiepileptic Drugs in WomenPregnancy / Teratogenic EffectsAED Treatment in ChildrenCognitive & Behavioral EffectsReview of Specific Antiepileptic DrugsUse of AEDs in Bipolar DisorderSuicidality and Antiepileptic DrugsKetogenic DietChapter 6Neuropsychological Assessment in EpilepsySelection of Neuropsychological TestsFactors Contributing to Cognitive DeclineConfounding Factors in Test InterpretationCognitive Deficits in EpilepsyAttentionADHDMemoryIntelligenceLanguageVisual-P erceptual & Spatial FunctionsExecutive FunctionsChildhood Learning DisabilitiesQuality of Life AssessmentDriving Issues in EpilepsyCase Example: Preoperative Cognitive TestingChapter 7Psychological and Psychiatric Disorders in EpilepsyRisk FactorsMood DisordersAnxiety DisordersPsychotic DisordersPersonality DisordersInterictal Behavioral Syndrome of TLEEpilepsy-Specific Psychological DisordersChapter 8Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES)Diagnosis2PrevalenceEtiologySymptomsAssessmentTre atmentPART TWOSURGICAL TREATMENT OF EPILEPSYChapter 9Neuropsychological Assessment in Epilepsy SurgeryPreoperative Neuropsychological AssessmentPurposes of Preoperative AssessmentLateralization & LocalizationRisk for Postoperative ImpairmentEstablish a BaselinePrediction of Seizure ControlPostoperative Neuropsyhological AssessmentCase Example: Right Temporal LobectomyChapter 10Other Neuropsychological Procedures in Epilepsy SurgeryIntracarotid Amobarbital (Wada) ProcedureWada Testing in ChildrenFunctional Magnetic Resonance ImagingElectro-Cortical Stimulation MappingCase Example: Wada Predicts AmnesiaChapter 11Medical Aspects of Epilepsy SurgeryCriteria for Surgical EvaluationDiagnostic Evaluation for Epilepsy SurgeryNoninvasive Video-EEG MonitoringMagnetic Resonance Iimaging (MRI)Functional NeuroimagingMonitoring with Intracranial ElectrodesEpilepsy Surgery ProceduresVagus Nerve StimulationAnterior Temporal LobectomyFrontal LobectomyParietal LobecotomyOccipital LobectomyLesionectomyHemispherectomyCorpus CallosotomyMultiple Subpial TransectionSelective AmygdalohippocampectomyImplanted Brain StimulatorsCase Example: Brain Stimulator CandidateAppendix I:Traditional Classification of Epileptic Seizures - Description of Seizure Types Not Covered in TextSimple partial seizures with motor signsSimple partial seizures with somatosensory or special sensory symptomsSimple partial seizures with autonomic symptoms or signsSimple partial seizures with psychic signsSimple partial seizures with cognitive signsSimple partial seizures with affective signsSimple partial seizures with illusionsSimple partial seizures with hallucinationsGeneralized seizure disordersAtypical absence seizuresMyoclonic SeizuresClonic SeizuresTonic SeizuresAtonic SeizuresAppendix II:Classification of Epilepsy Syndromes - Description of Seizure Types Not Covered in TextIdiopathic Localization-RelatedBenign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikesChildhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysmsReading epilepsyHot water epilepsyAutosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsySymptomatic Localization-RelatedRasmussen's syndromeReflex epilepsiesPhotosensitive seizuresMusicogenic epilepsyEating epilepsyStartle epilepsyFrontal lobe epilepsiesPrecentral frontal lobe seizuresPremotor frontal lobe seizuresSupplementary motor area (SMA) seizuresDorsolateral prefrontal lobe seizuresOrbitofrontal lobe seizuresMedial frontal lobe seizuresFrontal opercular seizuresParietal lobe epilepsiesPostcentral gyrus seizuresSuperior parietal lobule seizuresInferior parietal lobule seizuresParacentral parietal lobe seizuresIdiopathic Generalized Epilepsy SyndromesBenign neonatal familial convulsionsBenign neonatal convulsions (non-familial)Benign myoclonic epilepsy of childhoodJuvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME)Epilepsy with tonic-clonic seizures upon awakeningCryptogenic or Symptomatic Generalized Epilepsy SyndromesWest syndrome (infantile spasms)Myoclonic-astatic seizuresEpilepsy with myoclonic absencesAppendix III:Wada Assessment Procedures and Rating Criteria at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG)Procedure for measuring Wada language at MCGProcedure for measuring Wada memory at MCGMCG Wada Evaluation scoring formGlossary of Common Epilepsy Terms