Coping with Epilepsy in Children and Young People - Couverture souple

Elliot-Wright, Susan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184709046X ISBN 13 : 9781847090461

Editeur : Sheldon Press, 2009

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Epilepsy, the most common neurological disorder, affects some 50 million people worldwide, and is about twice as common in children as in adults (about 700 per 100,000 in children under 16 compared to 330 per 100,000 in adults). Epilepsy is marked by recurrent seizures, the result of sudden excessive electrical discharges involving different parts of the brain, which vary from the briefest lapses of attention or muscle jerks to severe and prolonged convulsions. Although for many children epilepsy is relatively benign, it can have profound social, physical and psychological consequences, and there is a high prevalence of psychiatric disorders in children and teenagers with epilepsy. For some, it can be said to be catastrophic because the seizures are so difficult to control and because they are so strongly associated with neurological impairment. Although epilepsy may be controlled with drugs in up to 70% of cases, it is still associated with a slightly increased risk of mortality, especially SUDEP, or sudden unexplained death. Living in the shadow of epilepsy obviously has enormous consequences for young people, and there is a real need for an up to date book which looks at behavioural and emotional issues as well as medical ones, and which also explores complementary therapies and self-management issues.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Susan Elliot-Wright is a freelance health journalist and award winning writer. She is author of Overcoming Insomnia, Coping with Emotional Abuse, Coping with Type 2 Diabetes, and Living with Heart Failure, all Sheldon Press.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sheldon Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 184709046X
• ISBN 13: 9781847090461
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128