The Multiple Facets of Epilepsy
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2023) | Viewed by 5895
Special Issue Editors
Interests: epilepsy; encephalopathies; autism; intellectual disability; primary headache; rare genetic syndromes
Interests: neurodevelopmental disorders; encephalopathies; epilepsies; neuromuscular diseases; sleep disorders; rare genetic syndromes; neuropsychological disorders
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Interests: neurodevelopmental disorders; epilepsy; autism; intellectual disability; primary headache; rare genetic syndromes; neuropsychological disorders; psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to contribute an article to a Special Issue on epilepsy and its multiple faces. This Special Issue will feature original research papers, communications, case reports and review articles.
Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain. It represents one of the most widespread chronic diseases, affecting about 50 million people worldwide.
Epilepsy has numerous etiologies, some of which have yet to be fully elucidated. Seizures can produce a plethora of different clinical manifestations with a wide range of severities and varying impacts on individuals and their families.
Moreover, regarding seizures, the complex phenotypes of people with epilepsy are often complicated by the presence of psychiatric and medical comorbidities. Several diseases, including depression, anxiety, dementia, migraine, heart disease, peptic ulcers, and arthritis, are more common in people with epilepsy than in the general population. Many patients often report cognitive problems.
Therefore, epilepsy can be considered as a common multifaced spectrum disorder.
This Special Issue will collect new evidence about the genetic and environmental etiological factors of epilepsy, new diagnosis strategies, new developments in management and treatment, as well as innovative insights on the neuropsychological and cognitive implications of epilepsy. Therefore, I invite clinicians, researchers, psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and pediatricians from different countries to contribute to this Special Issue in order to acquire new perspectives on the multiple facets of epilepsy.
Dr. Maurizio Elia
Dr. Michele Roccella
Dr. Luigi Vetri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- epilepsy
- epileptic encephalopathies
- EEG
- genetic
- comorbidity
- cognitive
- neuropsychology
- seizures
- antiepileptic drugs
- quality of life
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