Table of Contents

Introduction 1 An introduction to epilepsy 2 Neuropsychological assessment 3 Epilepsy and memory 4 Assessment for surgery 5 The role of anti-epileptic drugs: their impact on cognitive function and behaviour 6 Psychological responses to epilepsy: their development, prognosis and treatment 7 Psychological control of seizures 8 Quality of life 9 Neuropsychological and cognitive assessment of children with epilepsy 10 Assessment and management of behaviour problems in children 11 Epilepsy and learning disabilities 12 The way forward

About the Author

Christine Cull is a Clinical Psychologist with the Learning Disabilities Service, Mid Anglia Community Health NHS Trust. Laura Goldstein is Senior Lecturer in Neuropsychology at the Institute of Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist for the Neuropsychiatry/Epilepsy Unit, Maudsley Hospital, London. Both have published widely in the field of epilepsy.

Reviews

'This book provides a valuable overview of the field for those whose practice might bring them into contact with people with epilepsy. For those already working in the field, the book provides a helpful resume of those areas that complement this particular specialism.' - British Journal of Psychiatry

'[This book] provides a highly competent coverage of an important but all too often neglected issue. It is a volume that deserves to be widely read and consulted and the editors are to be congratulated on a job well done.' - British Journal of Health Psychology