Publications by authors named "A C Van Cott"
Background: This study aims to understand diagnosis communication experiences and preferences of youths with functional seizures and their parents.
Methods: Semistructured interviews with youths and their parents from a tertiary care children's hospital were conducted separately. We confirmed the diagnosis of functional seizures with the youth's treating providers.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the relationship between the timing of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mortality in veterans with epilepsy, finding that TBI increases mortality risk, especially when it occurs shortly after epilepsy onset.
- Among almost 1 million veterans, those with epilepsy had a significantly higher mortality rate compared to controls, with the most severe risk observed in those with TBI within 6 months of epilepsy diagnosis.
- Results indicate that the timing of TBI in relation to epilepsy is crucial, highlighting a need for targeted care for veterans experiencing these conditions.
Women Veterans with epilepsy (WVE) may have unique psychiatric comorbidities that affect presentation, treatment, and outcomes. This large, nationally representative study of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients explores sex differences in psychiatric diagnoses and treatment to better characterize WVE. This study included a retrospective cohort design utilizing VHA Corporate Data Warehouse administrative data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a well-established epilepsy risk factor and is common among service members. Deployment-related TBI, where combat/blast may be more common, may have different outcomes than nondeployment-related TBI. This work examined associations of all TBI exposures (not just combat), and epilepsy, while adjusting for comorbidities associated with epilepsy, among veterans by deployment status.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCognitive, mood, and behavioral changes are common among persons with epilepsy (PWE), resulting in a complex neuropsychological presentation. Women with epilepsy (WWE) represent a distinct cohort within the broader epilepsy population due to sex and gender-specific factors impacting epilepsy semiology and treatment. However, unique neuropsychological profiles among WWE have not been established.
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