Complex partial seizure with severe depression and conduct disorder in a 15 year old female adolescent: a case report

Complex partial seizure complicated by psychiatric comorbidities like depression and conduct disorder presents management challenges for both the physician and parents. The etiology of such psychiatric comorbidities may be related to the seizure or to several other unrelated risk factors. The psychi...

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Autores principales: Ebuenyi, Ikenna Desmond, Chikezie, Uzoechi Eze, Stanley, Princewill Chukwuemeka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977220
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.22.311.6961
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description Complex partial seizure complicated by psychiatric comorbidities like depression and conduct disorder presents management challenges for both the physician and parents. The etiology of such psychiatric comorbidities may be related to the seizure or to several other unrelated risk factors. The psychiatric comorbidities and the seizure affects the child's activities of daily living and are often a source of worry to parents and school authorities A high index of suspicion and a multidisciplinary approach are essential in the management of the affected adolescents.
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spelling pubmed-47697982016-03-14 Complex partial seizure with severe depression and conduct disorder in a 15 year old female adolescent: a case report Ebuenyi, Ikenna Desmond Chikezie, Uzoechi Eze Stanley, Princewill Chukwuemeka Pan Afr Med J Case Report Complex partial seizure complicated by psychiatric comorbidities like depression and conduct disorder presents management challenges for both the physician and parents. The etiology of such psychiatric comorbidities may be related to the seizure or to several other unrelated risk factors. The psychiatric comorbidities and the seizure affects the child's activities of daily living and are often a source of worry to parents and school authorities A high index of suspicion and a multidisciplinary approach are essential in the management of the affected adolescents. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4769798/ /pubmed/26977220 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.22.311.6961 Text en © Ikenna Desmond Ebuenyi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Complex partial seizure with severe depression and conduct disorder in a 15 year old female adolescent: a case report
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title_full Complex partial seizure with severe depression and conduct disorder in a 15 year old female adolescent: a case report
title_fullStr Complex partial seizure with severe depression and conduct disorder in a 15 year old female adolescent: a case report
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title_short Complex partial seizure with severe depression and conduct disorder in a 15 year old female adolescent: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769798/
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