Dr, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurosciences School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Review Article
A Case of Post-Traumatic Epilepsy: The Specific Cognitive Deficits and the Psychiatric Symptoms
Author(s): Theofilidis Antonis*
Introduction: Memory deficits, both short-term and long-term, as well as post-traumatic amnesia, are very common in patients who have undergone TBI, but rarely reflect a classic amnesia syndrome. Memory difficulties can be the result of many different factors, not the result of a single deficit. According to Brookshire, reduced hippocampal volume and white matter are associated with memory deficits.
Aim: To investigate the neuropsychological profile and memory storage difficulties from partial brain damage in a case of post-traumatic epilepsy.
Materials and method: An international literature review was performed on Pub Med and Cochrane online databases on epilepsy, and information material from the historical, psychiatric and neuropsychological evaluation of a female patient presenting with symptoms of mental disorder.. View more»