[Panic attacks simulated by occipital lobe seizures]

TY - JOUR

T1 - [Panic attacks simulated by occipital lobe seizures]

AU - Stolle, Martin

AU - Sieben, Claudia

AU - Püst, Burkhard

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - Eleven-year-old Stephanie was admitted to a child and adolescent psychiatry day hospital with symptoms of an anxiety and panic disorder, and compulsive and self-harmful behavior. The patient described detailed threatening scenic sequences that caused her to feel panicky. They symptoms could be classified as epilepsy with visually dominated seizures of the occipital lobe. In addition to pharmacological treatment with oxcabazepine, extensive multimodal interventions as part of the child and adolescent psychiatric day hospital treatment program helped all family members to understand and handle the seizures. Eight weeks after initiation of treatment, Stephanie was seizure-free. Complex partial epilepsy can be mistaken for primary child-psychiatric disorder.

AB - Eleven-year-old Stephanie was admitted to a child and adolescent psychiatry day hospital with symptoms of an anxiety and panic disorder, and compulsive and self-harmful behavior. The patient described detailed threatening scenic sequences that caused her to feel panicky. They symptoms could be classified as epilepsy with visually dominated seizures of the occipital lobe. In addition to pharmacological treatment with oxcabazepine, extensive multimodal interventions as part of the child and adolescent psychiatric day hospital treatment program helped all family members to understand and handle the seizures. Eight weeks after initiation of treatment, Stephanie was seizure-free. Complex partial epilepsy can be mistaken for primary child-psychiatric disorder.

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

VL - 37

SP - 203

EP - 207

JO - Z KINDER JUG-PSYCH

JF - Z KINDER JUG-PSYCH

SN - 1422-4917

IS - 3

M1 - 3

ER -