Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is fairly common in adults with epilepsy, highlighting the importance of routinely assessing their psychological well-being. Investigators conducted a systematic ...

Long-term dementia risk is associated with both head injury and epilepsy. However, research has thus far documented the links between post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) and short-term cognitive outcomes. A ...

The risk for long-term dementia is significantly higher among people with posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) compared with those with no history of either head injury or epilepsy and those with either ...

Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be severe and disabling. Although some individuals with this disorder respond to psychotherapy and/or pharmacotherapy, many with chronic, ...

The unpredictable, debilitating nature of a seizure can be frightening, for both the person experiencing it and anyone watching nearby. In that moment, control often slips away as muscles stiffen, ...

DALLAS (AP) - A Maryland man blames post-traumatic stress from his overseas military service for impelling him to send a Newsweek reporter a Twitter image intended to trigger an epileptic seizure.

In a recent study published in JAMA Neurology, researchers assessed the associations between post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) and the risk of dementia. PTE is the occurrence of unprovoked seizures more ...