Seizure drawings: Insight into the self-image of children with epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-56

  Stafstrom, Carl E ^a   Havlena, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EDGEWOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Art; Children; Drawings; Epilepsy; Psychological factors; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRAWING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEIZURE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 0038747129     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(02)00684-4     Document Type: Article

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