Women with Epilepsy : A Handbook of Health and Treatment Issues

List of contributors viii Part I The woman with epilepsy 1 Introduction: why we wrote this book 3(4) Martha J. Morrell 2 On being a woman with epilepsy 7(10) Lisa Zobian Lindahl 3 The woman with epilepsy: a historical perspective 17(18) Orrin Devinsky 4 Quality of life issues for women with epilepsy 35(12) Joyce A. Cramer Part II Epilepsy diagnosis and treatment 5 The genetics of epilepsy 47(10) Melodie R. Winawer and Ruth Ottman 6 Epilepsy: epidemiology, defintions, and diagnostic procedures 57(11) Simon Showon and Dominic Heaney 7 Antiepileptic drugs and other treatments for epilepsy 68(9) Jacqueline A. French 8 Epilepsy in children and adolescents 77(12) Patricia Crumrine 9 Nonepileptic seizures 89(12) Steven C.Schachter Part III Hormones and the brain 10 Brain differences 101(11) Paula Shear and Rosemary Fama 11 Sex hormones and how they act in the brain: a primer on the molecular mechanisms of action of sex steroid hormones 112(7) Philip A. Schwartzkroin 12 Epilepsy and the menstrual cycle 119(12) Patricia O. Shafer and Andrew G. Herzog 13 Menopause and epilepsy 131(14) Fariha Abbasi and Allan Krumholz Part IV Health challenges for women with epilepsy 14 Reproductive health for women with epilepsy 145(7) Martha J. Morrell 15 Sexual dysfunction in epilepsy 152(12) Martha J. Morrell 16 Bone health in women with epilepsy 164(7) Robert Marcus 17 Psychiatric complications in epilepsy 171(26) Laura Marsh Part V Family planning, pregnancies, and parenting 18 Family planning and contraceptive choice 197(6) Pamela M. Crawford 19 Pregnancy risks for the woman with epilepsy 203(12) Mark Yerby and Yasser Y E1-Sayed 20 Risks of birth defects in children born to mothers with epilepsy 215(7) Aline T. Derdiarian and Yasser Y E1-Sayed 21 Neurocognitive outcome in children of mothers with epilepsy 222(6) Kimford J. Meador 22 Parenting for women with epilepsy 228(9) Mimi Callahan Part VI Living well with epilepsy 23 The impact of epilepsy on relationships 237(12) Patricia A. Gibson 24 Parenting the daughter with epilepsy 249(14) Joan Kessner Austin and Janet Austin Tooze 25 Safety issues for women with epilepsy 263(6) Patricia Dean 26 Legal issues facing women with epilepsy 269(12) Jeanne Carpenter 27 Work issues and epilepsy 281(6) Jim Troxell Appendix The Epilepsy Foundation's Campaign for Women's Health: bringing help and hope to women with epilepsy 287(4) Elizabeth A. Borda Index 291