Most people equate epilepsy with convulsions, but epileptic seizures can produce many different symptoms; two large groups of seizures are termed partial and generalized. Symptoms may range from whole body convulsions to simply staring into space to barely noticeable muscle twitching. Each type of seiz...
Most people equate epilepsy with convulsions, but epileptic seizures can produce many different symptoms; two large groups of seizures are termed partial and generalized. Symptoms may range from whole body convulsions to simply staring into space to barely noticeable muscle twitching. Each type of seiz...
meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition (DSM-IV) diagnostic criteria; (ii) atypical depression or dysthymia; or (iii) a dysthymic-like disorder with intermittent symptoms that can be milder than those of major depression. Depressive symptoms impair ...
CNS-OT is characterised by convulsions resembling grand-mal epileptic seizures, which may terminate in drowning and death. Elevated arterial levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) (hypercapnia) represent a major risk factor for CNS-OT when breathing hyperoxic gas mixtures. To reduce the ...
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“Our study,” he adds, “also highlights the importance of suicide and nonvehicle accidents as major preventable causes of death in people with epilepsy.” Risk factors Several factors may have links to an increased risk of epilepsy. According to a 2017 research review in the journal NeuroToxic...
To investigate the relationships between demographic data, seizure-related factors, anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) taking, and depressive symptoms in patients with epilepsy (PWE), determining the major clinical risk factors of depression. Patients with epilepsy who visited our epilepsy clinic from 2010 to...
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Depression is a serious condition with a spectrum of diagnoses and a wide range of severity. Depression is a common yet serious mood disorder. The four types of depression include major depression, bipolar disorder, persistent depressive disorder and seasonal affective disorder. Depression Depression ...
The major target of the study is to confirm the safety and efficacy of our augmented protocol of theta-burst TMS in schizophrenia. We aim to confirm the beneficial effects of rTMS treatment on multiple aspects of the disorder such as (1) clinical aspect in terms of PANSS negative score, (...