Seizure phobia occurs in nearly one-third of people with epilepsy (PWE), but was mainly associated with variables not related to epilepsy, based on data from 69 adults. Anxiety and depression are ...

Psychiatric disorders (MD and/or AD) were detected in approximately 40% of patients with MTLE. Pharmacoresistant epilepsy was significantly linked with comorbid psychiatric disorders. Positive family ...

Recurrent febrile seizures in children are associated with an elevated risk for epilepsy and psychiatric disorders, with increased mortality among individuals who developed epilepsy, according to ...

GRIN Therapeutics, Inc., a leader in the development of targeted disease-specific therapies to treat serious ...

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center report that hemispherectomy – a procedure in which half the brain is removed -– may reduce or eliminate severe seizures even in older children ...

A new study finds that one-third of patients admitted to the epilepsy unit are not actually suffering from epileptic seizures: they’re suffering from stress. As if we weren’t already stressed out ...

Q: My neighbor’s son was just diagnosed with KCNT1 seizures, and they said it was a very rare disorder. Aren’t seizures fairly common in children? A: The brain has many nerve cells that communicate ...

One of the most common causes of epilepsy is a structural brain abnormality. “Epilepsy can result from structural issues in the brain, such as brain tumors, brain injuries, brain infections or ...

Seizures do not get classified as epilepsy unless the seizures are recurrent. A version of this article was first published January 22, 2021, by HCPro's Revenue Cycle Advisor, a sibling publication to ...