Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
About contributors
Chapter 1. Towards a Better Understanding of Living with Epilepsy: The Lived Experience of Seizures;pp. 1-16
(Jaya Pinikahana and Joanne Dono, The Epilepsy Foundation of Vicoria, Australia and others)
Chapter 2. Indicators of the Social Consequences of Epilepsy;pp. 17-27
(Kevin M Brown, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia)
Chapter 3. From Public to Personal: A Social and Ethnographic View of Epilepsy;pp. 29-41
(Lisa Francesca Andermann, University of Toronto, Canada)
Chapter 4. Quality of Life in Epilepsy;pp. 43-58
(Deirdre P. McLaughlin, The University of Queensland, Australia)
Chapter 5. Addressing the treatment gap in epilepsy;pp. 59-72
(Christine Walker, Chronic Illness Alliance, Australia)
Chapter 6. Health Literacy and the Outcomes of Care among Individuals with Epilepsy;pp. 73-91
(Ramon Edmundo D. Bautista and Maria Adela B. Bautista, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Jacksonville and others)
Chapter 7. Epilepsy and Employment;pp. 93-114
(Malachy Bishop and Chung-Yi Chiu, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA and others)
Chapter 8. Gender and Epilepsy: Clinical, Social and Psychological Impact;pp. 115-141
(R. Shallcross, R.L. Bromley, and G.A. Baker, The University of Liverpool, UK)
Chapter 9. Sociology and Epilepsy: Mind-Body Medicalisation;pp. 143-162
(Peter Morrall, University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
Chapter 10. Crossing Continents: Meanings and Management of Epilepsy among People of Pakistani Origin Living in the UK;pp. 163-174 Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom)
Chapter 11. Adherence to Antiepileptic Drug Therapy across the Developmental Life-Span;pp. 175-205
(Avani C. Modi and Shanna M. Guilfoyl, Cincinnati Children)
Chapter 12. Social Competence and Children with Epilepsy;pp. 207-226
(K. Rantanen, K. Eriksson, and P. Nieminen, University of Tampere, Finland and others)
Chapter 13. Psychosocial Adjustment in Children with Epilepsy and their Families;pp. 227-246
(Soraya Otero-Cuesta and Amador Priede, University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla Santander,, Cantabria, Spainnd others)
Chapter 14. Perspectives on Depression in Epilepsy;pp. 247-256
(Adrian Palomino and Alexander W. Thompson, University of California at Davis, USA)
Chapter 15. Depression in People with Epilepsy;pp. 257-287
(Elizabeth Reisinger Walker and Colleen DiIorio, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Chapter 16. Epilepsy in the Elderly: Diagnostic Approach and Treatment;pp. 289-311
(Sophie Dupont, B De Toffol, Marc Verny and Caroline Hommet, Unite d’Epileptologie, Clinique Neurologique Paul Castaigne Hopital, Pa)
Chapter 17. Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Treatment of Epilepsy;pp. 313-329
(Reyna M. Duron and Kenton R. Holden, Centro Medico Lucas, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America and others)
