The Psychiatric Perspectives of Epilepsy
| Main Author: | Harsono, Harsono; Faculty of Medicine Gadjah Mada University/ Dr. Sardjito Hospital Yogyakarta |
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| Format: | application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
Journal of the Indonesian Medical Association
, 2008
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| Online Access: |
http://indonesia.digitaljournals.org/index.php/idnmed/article/view/579 |
Daftar Isi:
- There are four perspectives of psychiatry in every patient with epilepsy. Those are diseases, dimensions, behaviors, and life-stories. The disease perspective assumes that the cause of a psychiatric symptom is a “broken part”; that is, biological dysfunction involving the nervous system. The dimension perspective is based on the recognition that human traits vary from individual to individual along a continuum. Behavioral presentations in epilepsy can be caused by the epilepsy itself (pre and peri-ictal: prodromal/aura/automatisms, postictal especially frontal disinhibition, focal discharges), anti-epileptic drugs, underlying brain dysfunction, personal/ parental reaction or response to having epilepsy, and idiopathic. Individuals also experience problems because of what they encounter in life and the meanings they attribute to these life events. These meaningful connections form the basis of the life-story perspective.Keywords: psychiatry, epilepsy, behavioral presentation, anti-epileptic drugs, brain dysfunction