Epilepsy Impacting Cognition? - Dr. Jake Pellinen

Does epilepsy impact cognition? Could it be seizures, medications - or something that happened right at the beginning - even before seizures started? Hear all about it from epileptologist Dr. Jacob Pellinen who speaks of exciting answers - and questions - from the Human Epilepsy Project.

Chapters 📖
00:00 Trailer & intro
01:07 Meet Jacob Pellinen
01:17 Cognitive testing: The Human Epilepsy Project
05:01 Types of cognitive testing used
07:08 Results: cognition and epilepsy
08:34 What might be causing the cognitive problems?
09:44 Clinicians must take a holistic approach in care
11:36 Cognitive issues with other causes
12:27 Depression doesn’t cause epilepsy!
13:51 Cognitive challenges must be addressed with all other symptoms
15:14 Terrible experience - what a clinician should not do!
15:56 Appointments: topic could be depression or memory - not just seizures
16:37 Closing thoughts and thanks 

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