| Description |
264 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
1. Epilepsy: Its Characteristics and Impact -- 2. The Adult with Epilepsy -- 3. Marital Problems -- 4. Sexual Activity -- 5. Childbearing and Inheritance -- 6. The Child with Epilepsy -- 7. Growing Up with an Epileptic Parent -- 8. Siblings and the Extended Family -- 9. Personality Changes and Violence -- 10. Diagnosing Epilepsy -- 11. Treatment Options -- 12. What To Do When a Seizure Occurs |
| Summary |
Epilepsy and the Family: A New Guide updates Richard Lechtenberg's classic handbook for people with seizure disorders and those closest to them. It offers coping strategies for the wide range of practical and emotional challenges that epilepsy can introduce into the family: marital and sexual difficulties, concerns about pregnancy and inheritance, drug compliance and abuse among teenagers, personality changes and suicide. This new guide addresses the personal questions that adults with epilepsy may be reluctant to ask their physician, and it offers chapters tailored to the special stresses of spouses, parents, children, and siblings who, like the patient, must live with a seizure disorder |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-257) and index |
| Subject |
Epilepsy -- Psychological aspects.
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Epilepsy -- Social aspects.
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Epileptics -- Family relationships.
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Epilepsy.
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Epilepsy -- psychology.
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Family Relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular Work.
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| LC no. |
98042636 |
| ISBN |
0674258975 |
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