The psychosocial impact of epilepsy in childhood

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Sillanpää, Matti ^a   Helen Cross, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c YOUNG EPILEPSY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Childhood; Classification of disabilities; Epilepsy; Learning; Psychosocial impact; Social integration; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; EPILEPSY; FAMILY LIFE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LEISURE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67349116775     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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