Neurology
The brain area that was found to be causing Rangi's seizures
What is the right temporal lobe?
What are [feelings of embarrassment, depression, worry about people finding out about his condition, fear (of seizures, dying, hurting his wife/kids, having surgery)job security,]?
the name of the test that Rangi had that was used to monitor his brain waves over long periods of time
What is an EEG?
the two main treatments for epilepsy (general)
What are medication and surgical interventions?
the kind of seizures Rangi had (2 correct answers)
What are complex partial & generalized seizures?
a type of therapy that combines multiple kinds and is beneficial for those with epilepsy
What is eclectic therapy (a combination of solution-focused, psychodynamic, and cognitive therapies)?
the main neuropsychological impairment Rangi had outside of the seizures themselves
What are memory problems?
one difference between these two types of seizures is that one had no change in the level of consciousness and the other has a change in the level of consciousness. Both begin at a focal point in the brain.
What are simple partial & complex partial seizures?
the neurological cause for seizures (*note: NOT the cause for epilepsy itself, which can often be idiopathic)
What is a disruption in the balance between excitatory & inhibitory electrical activity, leading to a seizure threshold being reached that causes a storm of electrical activity?
the name of the support group Rangi & Anne joined that first showed them the potential benefit of surgery
What is the National Epilepsy Society?
a test during which a patient is injected with sodium amytal, causing paralysis on one half of a patient's body
What is a Wada test?
the item the author found at the beginning of the case study that was made by Rangi
What is a (greenstone) pendant?