Emotional complications of adolescent grand mal epilepsy.
J Pediatr
; 95(2): 309-12, 1979 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-109600
Adolescents who have grand mal epilepsy and their parents were interviewed, and the adolescents were evaluated neurologically. Better seizure control and less neurologic disability were unexpectedly associated with less open communication between the adolescents and their families and friends, and with a poorer self-image and poorer expectations for the future. These findings were unrelated to IQ or school performance. This outcome is consistent with other studies of invisible defects and stigmatization, and suggests that youngsters who have relatively mild defects involving social disability may be more troubled than those with more apparent defects, for which denial may be operative. An incidental finding in the study was that a question more predictive of overall family, social, and academic function than the neurologic findings was simply whether or not the youngster was attending the appropriate grade in school for his or her age.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Epilepsia Tônico-Clônica
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pediatr
Ano de publicação:
1979
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos