The psychological and social impact of epilepsy
- Author:
Michael D Hills
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Neurology Asia
2007;12(Supplement 1):10-12
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Epilepsy has many non-medical effects on the people with epilepsy, their family and community. To
ensure that epilepsy is fully controlled requires a specialist neurologist or paediatrician with up-todate
detailed knowledge to diagnose and prescribe treatment, a general practitioner to supervise dayto-day
medical management and an epilepsy specialist community worker to provide psychosocial
support, information and education to help maintain quality of life. By working together as a team,
the specialist, the general practitioner and the epilepsy specialist community worker can ensure that
the psychological and social impact of epilepsy is reduced to a minimum.
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