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Neuropsychological Assessment of Patients with Epilepsy

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With its occurrence in an estimated 1 % of the population, epilepsy is a relatively common disorder that is seen on a frequent basis by most neuropsychologists in practice settings. Clinical neuropsychologists play important roles in epilepsy specialty centers by providing information that is useful for diagnosis, outlining functional strengths and weaknesses, and tracking the effects of various treatments. This chapter introduces the reader to many of the general issues relevant to neuropsychology as it applies to assessment of patients with epilepsy. It begins with a brief review of epilepsy and seizures and continues with a description of neuropsychological assessment of general adult patients (ages, 20–55) who are evaluated in a medical or neurological setting.

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Barr, W.B. (2015). Neuropsychological Assessment of Patients with Epilepsy. In: Barr, W., Morrison, C. (eds) Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Epilepsy. Clinical Handbooks in Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92826-5_1

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