Epilepsiya u zhenshchin - samostoyatel'naya mezhdistsiplinarnaya problema, obuslovlennaya ryadom fiziologicheskikh i psikhicheskikh osobennostey zhenskogo organizma, vklyuchaya reproduktivnye funktsii. V knige predstavleny novye dannye ob osobennostyakh techeniya epilepsii u zhenshchin, differentsirovany varianty naibolee chasto vstrechaemykh affektivnykh rasstroystv s uchetom gormonal'nogo statusa i protivoepilepticheskoy terapii. Pokazana rol' polovykh gormonov i katamenial'nosti v formirovanii depressivnykh rasstroystv u zhenshchin. Predstavleny dannye o psikhotropnykh svoystvakh protivoepilepticheskikh preparatov, utochneny kriterii vybora antikonvul'santov i predlozheny naibolee optimal'nye varianty terapii. Kniga prednaznachena dlya vrachey razlichnykh spetsial'nostey - psikhiatrov, nevrologov, endokrinologov, ginekologov i drugikh spetsialistov, okazyvayushchikh pomoshch' bol'nym epilepsiey zhenshchinam.