Clinical Therapeutic and Management Strategies of Epilepsy—Social and Neuropsychological Aspects
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Neurology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 187
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pediatric neurology; epilepsy; cognitive neuroscience; neurodevelopmental disorders
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Dear Colleagues,
The quality of life (QOL) of children suffering from childhood epilepsy may be associated with clinical and social variables. Among these variables, social and neuropsychological aspects should be considered in-depth. Classifying epilepsy merely as a neurological disorder is inadequate, since it is also a disorder with negative social consequences. Stigma erodes the social status, social networks and self-esteem of the individual, all of which contribute to poor outcomes such as isolation, unemployment, lower prospects of marriage and delays in seeking treatment. In addition, seizure attacks may be harmful and frightening events for parents of epileptic children. Reducing negative attitudes such as depressive states, anxiety, and stigma for children with epilepsy is one of the most important goals of clinical management. However, exactly how epileptic activities, including seizure severities and EEG abnormalities, can affect these aspects in children with epilepsy has not yet been fully investigated. Epileptic activities including frequent seizures and/or interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) may accompany neuropsychological impairments such as cognitive decline and behavioral disturbances. Moreover, epileptic activities may also play a role as mediators of emotional responses including stigma. Thus, epileptic activities may be associated with neuropsychological impairments. To prevent these impairments, we should take account of these aspects and appropriately treat patients to suppress seizures and EEG abnormalities as early as possible. This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances in the context of social and neuropsychological aspects, treatment and the therapeutic management for children with epilepsy.
Dr. Hideaki Kanemura
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- quality of life (QOL)
- cognition
- behavior
- stigma
- seizure severity
- interictal epileptiform discharge (IED)
- social
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