Mood Disorders and Epilepsy

Epilepsy Foundation » About Epilepsy » Related Conditions » Mood Disorders and Epilepsy » Mood Disorders Chat: September 19, 2006 

Mood Disorders Online Discussion

Featured Expert:
Frank Gilliam, M.D., M.P.H.

Frank Gilliam, M.D., M.P.H.

Caitlin Tynan Doyle
Professor of Neurology &
Director,
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center,
The Neurological Institute
at Columbia University

About Dr. Gilliam

Introduction

Does epilepsy impact your mood? Or could depression or anxiety be a side effect of your epilepsy meds? Do you feel anxious, depressed, irritable, or have feelings of fear, panic, or pain that are not easily explained by your seizures or other medical causes for a period of more than two weeks?

The Epilepsy Foundation hosted an online chat on Tuesday, September 19, to address these questions and to discuss the importance of screening for depression, anxiety and other mood disorders. The expert for the chat was Frank Gilliam, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Gilliam is not only an expert in the Epilepsy field but he also created the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy screening tool (referred to as the NDDI-E). If you have mood symptoms that affect your usual activities, you can use the anonymous online NDDI-E tool to screen yourself.

Check out the Transcript of this event for information about the questions Dr. Gilliam answered.

Please check back here or contact Program Manager Erika Mabry at emabry@efa.org for future online events. Due to overwhelming positive response, we are already looking into possible dates for future discussions.

 
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