Current opinion in psychiatry
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Curr Opin Psychiatry · Sep 2006
ReviewUpdate on treatment of epilepsy in people with intellectual disabilities.
On the basis of the relevance of adequate epilepsy treatment (antiepileptic drugs, surgery and vagus nerve stimulation) for people with intellectual disabilities, all articles, published from the beginning of 2005 to March 2006 and searched by MEDLINE, on this topic were reviewed. ⋯ A contradiction exists between the relevance of epilepsy treatment in people with intellectual disabilities and the small number of published studies on pharmacological treatment. Some of the reasons are addressed and some alternatives are proposed.