Epilepsy
Subtitle: information for you and those who care about you
By: Elaine Wyllie.
Series: A Cleveland Clinic guide
Publisher: Cleveland Clinic Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cleveland, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781596240650
Subjects: Epilepsy -- Popular works; Epilepsy -- Popular Works; Seizures -- Popular Works
Genres: Popular works.; Popular Works.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : epilepsy, the history and the myths; title: pt. 1. The basics of epilepsy; title: 1. Epilepsy is a physical disorder, not a mental disease; title: 2. Diagnosing epilepsy : finding a cause can be as important as...not finding one; title: pt. 2. Treating epilepsy; title: 3. Drug therapy; title: 4. When medications aren't working; title: 5. Epilepsy surgery; title: pt. 3. Epilepsy in children, seniors, and women; title: 6. Epilepsy in children; title: 7. Epilepsy in seniors; title: 8. Epilepsy in women; title: pt. 4. Living with epilepsy; title: 9. Mental, psychological, and social issues of living with epilepsy; title: Afterword : epilepsy treatment, looking toward the future; title: Appendix. For more information; title: Glossary.