Epilepsy, Anxiety, and Mood Changes Live Webinar

Epilepsy, Anxiety, and Mood Changes: What You Need to Know

Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Time: 7:00 PM EDT

An archive recording of this webinar is available here. It includes a 50-minute presentation followed by about 30 minutes of questions and answer.

Webinar Description:

Anxiety and mood changes are commonly reported problems for adults and children living with epilepsy and seizures. During this webinar our expert presenters will:

• Help you understand what anxiety and mood disorders are
• Explain how these disorders may look different in adults and children
• Discuss the links between epilepsy, anxiety, and mood changes
• Define who may be at higher risk for experiencing anxiety and mood changes
• Explore the most current thinking on the treatment of anxiety and mood changes
• Provide resources you can use to seek support; help will also be included

Plenty of time will be left at the end of the webinar to answer your questions.

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About the Presenters:

Rochelle Caplan, MD, UCLA professor emeritus of psychiatry, directed the UCLA Pediatric Neuropsychiatry clinical program. She is a member of the Epilepsy Foundation’s Professional Advisory Board and is a member of many committees of the American Epilepsy Society. Dr. Caplan is co-chair of the NINDS Benchmarks for Epilepsy Comorbidity Research, a group which encourages and tracks research into problems associated with epilepsy. She is an associate editor of the journal Epilepsia and serves on the editorial boards of Epilepsy & Behavior and Epilepsy Currents. Dr. Caplan’s research interests are numerous with a large portion focusing on needs of children with epilepsy and their parents, including psychiatric disorders, cognition, language, social skills, nonepileptic seizures, and unmet mental health needs. She has published many papers, book chapters, and abstracts and is an author of “How many questions? Techniques for Clinical Interviews of Young Medically Ill Children” (Oxford University Press, 2012) and of a manual for parents of children with epilepsy (Epilepsy Foundation of America, 2009).

Andres M. Kanner, MD, is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on the behavioral aspects of epilepsy. He currently works at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Neurology, where he is chief of the epilepsy division, and director of the International Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. His primary goal is enhancing the evaluation, comprehensive treatment, and surgical program for adults with epilepsy, who often are unaware that surgery could end their seizures. Dr. Kanner joined the University of Miami after 21 years in leadership positions at Rush University Medical Center and their Division of Epilepsy and Epilepsy Center. Over his career, he has received several awards, including the 2012 Quito Award from the Latin American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy as Ambassador of Epilepsy for Latin America. In 2011, he received the League’s Ambassador of Epilepsy Award and the American Epilepsy Society’s J. Kiffin Penry Award for Excellence in Clinical Care in Epilepsy. Dr. Kanner is a member of the Professional Advisory Board of the Epilepsy Foundation and on the Board of Directors of the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida.