Cognitive outcomes after magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in adolescent patients.

Surgical treatment of medication-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is associated with cognitive deficits. Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) for MTLE has been shown to result in superior cognitive outcomes in adults when compared to open surgical resection. However, data regarding postoperative cognitive outcomes in adolescent and pediatric patients is limited.

From Patient to Provider: How Personal Medical Trauma Can Inform Supervision and Clinical Practice.

Two predoctoral psychology interns share their personal reflections of neurological injuries they experienced during their adolescence and how it has informed and shaped their clinical work. Through their reflections, they provide insights and lessons learned as they have the unique first-hand experience of being a patient and now a rehabilitation psychology trainee and provider. Additionally, they describe how they have applied such knowledge during their clinical work with clients experiencing neurological and chronic health conditions.

Examining relations between neuropsychological and clinical epilepsy-specific factors with psychopathology and adaptive skills outcomes in youth with intractable epilepsy.

Pediatric epilepsy is a prevalent childhood neurological disorder. Youth with a diagnosis of medically uncontrollable or intractable epilepsy are at increased risk for poor neurocognitive and psychosocial functioning. To date, there is a paucity of clinical research examining and/or characterizing the relations of neuropsychological, clinical, and epilepsy-specific medical factors in clinical outcomes among youth with diagnosed intractable epilepsy.