Article Title

The Use of Carbamazepine (Tegretol) in Psychiatry and Its Association to Kindling, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Psychopathology

Authors

James Stanch, M.D., Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow

Abstract

The recent theory of kindling may help to link neurophysiologic, neurotransmitter and neuroanatomic mechanisms important in understanding the neurology of behavior. Limbic kindling is of interest in developing models of epilepsy, psychosis, learning and memory (l -5). Kindling might explain the late development of psychopathology.

This paper will first define kindling and demonstrate how kindling offers a model within which to view more prolonged behavioral deviations as neurophysiological processes. The use of carbamazepine and its association to kindling, temporal lobe dysfunction and psychopathology will be discussed .

Recommended Citation

Stanch, M.D., James (1984) "The Use of Carbamazepine (Tegretol) in Psychiatry and Its Association to Kindling, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Psychopathology," Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29046/JJP.002.1.003
Available at: https://jdc.jefferson.edu/jeffjpsychiatry/vol2/iss1/7