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Brain injury and epilepsy
- Author:
- RICKARDS Hugh
- Publisher:
- Headway
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
- Edition:
- 2nd
Injury to the brain in the form of a scar increases the risk of an epileptic attack. This is more likely to happen in a penetrating injury, where the skull has been fractured and the brain pierced by the skull or some other foreign object. Although the wound heals, the resulting scar causes the electrical activity in that area to be unstable and liable to bursts of uncontrollable activity. Seizures brought on by a head injury often occur within the first week after the injury, but the first may not appear until one or two years have passed. A person is not considered free of seizures until 2 or 3 seizure-free years have passed. In the UK it is usual for a person to surrender their driving licence until a time when a doctor decides the person is seizure-free.
Measuring disease: a review of disease-specific quality of life measurement scales
- Author:
- BOWLING Ann
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 415p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
- Edition:
- 2nd.
In assessing the outcome of disease and treatments, measurement scales must be relevant to their specific effects, necessitating the use of disease-specific questionnaires rather than more generic measures. This book reviews disease-specific measure of quality of life and, where relevant popularly used symptom and single dimension scales. Disease covered include: cancers, psychiatric and psychological conditions, respiratory diseases, neurological conditions, rheumatological conditions, cardiovascular diseases, HIV/AIDS, and others.
Therapeutic aspects of cannabis and cannabinoids
- Author:
- ROBSON Philip
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, February 2001, pp.107-115.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article assesses the therapeutic profile of cannabis and cannabinoids. Using Medline search, references supplied by DOH and others, and personal communications. Cannabis and some cannabinoids are effective anti-emetics and analgesics and reduce intra-ocular pressure. There is evidence of symptom relief and improved well-being in selected neurological conditions, AIDS and certain cancers. Cannabinoids may reduce anxiety and improve sleep.