Epilepsy & Behavior 40 (2014) 64
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Letter to the Editor Some thoughts on 15 years of Epilepsy & Behavior To the Editor Psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy have been a subject of great interest to me since I started my epilepsy fellowship. I had completed a residency in psychiatry before my neurology residency and I always thought that epilepsy was a venue to study the neurobiological underpinnings of psychiatric disorders. I began doing research on postictal psychosis during my first year of fellowship and then moved on to other psychiatric comorbidities. I remember, however, that while the abstracts that I submitted for presentation at the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting were always accepted, they were included in the session dedicated to nursing and social work issues, scheduled as the last platform session of the meeting. Submissions to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology were almost always rejected. Needless to say, I often questioned the wisdom of continuing this line of research, given the lack of interest in these problems among epileptologists, neurologists, and even psychiatrists. Fortunately, the interest on psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy resurged in the decade of the 90s and grew exponentially. The advent of Epilepsy & Behavior played a major role in the growth of the field and dissemination of these data as it provided a new forum for investigators
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in this field to publish new research and comprehensive review articles. Very soon, Epilepsy & Behavior expanded its scope to capture every aspect of epilepsy, both clinical and experimental, including articles on the arts and epilepsy and a separate online venue to publish unique case studies. Fifteen years is a short time in the life span of a journal, but Epilepsy & Behavior has accomplished much, as evidenced by the large number of experts in the field who elect to publish in it. Clearly, this success is, in large measure, a reflection of its Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Steven Schachter. Congratulations and happy 15th anniversary! Conflict of interest The author has no disclosures or conflicts of interest to report.
Andres M. Kanner Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1120 NW, 14th Street, Room #1324, Miami, FL 33136, USA Tel.: +1 305 243 4015; fax: +1 305 243 8108. E-mail address: [email protected].
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Epilepsy & Behavior journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/yebeh
Letter to the Editor Some thoughts on 15 years of Epilepsy & Behavior To the Editor Psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy have been a subject of great interest to me since I started my epilepsy fellowship. I had completed a residency in psychiatry before my neurology residency and I always thought that epilepsy was a venue to study the neurobiological underpinnings of psychiatric disorders. I began doing research on postictal psychosis during my first year of fellowship and then moved on to other psychiatric comorbidities. I remember, however, that while the abstracts that I submitted for presentation at the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting were always accepted, they were included in the session dedicated to nursing and social work issues, scheduled as the last platform session of the meeting. Submissions to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology were almost always rejected. Needless to say, I often questioned the wisdom of continuing this line of research, given the lack of interest in these problems among epileptologists, neurologists, and even psychiatrists. Fortunately, the interest on psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy resurged in the decade of the 90s and grew exponentially. The advent of Epilepsy & Behavior played a major role in the growth of the field and dissemination of these data as it provided a new forum for investigators
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.09.063 1525-5050/© 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
in this field to publish new research and comprehensive review articles. Very soon, Epilepsy & Behavior expanded its scope to capture every aspect of epilepsy, both clinical and experimental, including articles on the arts and epilepsy and a separate online venue to publish unique case studies. Fifteen years is a short time in the life span of a journal, but Epilepsy & Behavior has accomplished much, as evidenced by the large number of experts in the field who elect to publish in it. Clearly, this success is, in large measure, a reflection of its Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Steven Schachter. Congratulations and happy 15th anniversary! Conflict of interest The author has no disclosures or conflicts of interest to report.
Andres M. Kanner Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1120 NW, 14th Street, Room #1324, Miami, FL 33136, USA Tel.: +1 305 243 4015; fax: +1 305 243 8108. E-mail address: [email protected].
