New research explores the complex emotional, behavioral and intellectual disabilities associated with childhood epilepsy and their effect on development. Children with epilepsy can face greater ...

Two stress-reducing behavioral interventions may be effective in reducing seizures in adult patients with medication-resistant focal epilepsy, new research suggests. In a randomized trial of 64 ...

A study showed 18.3% of adolescents with epilepsy (AWE) had at least 1 emotional or behavioral problem, and 24.9% of parents felt others had stigma towards their children with epilepsy. Adolescents ...

An evidence-based web-app helped children with epilepsy to fall asleep on average 16.5 minutes earlier. A new UK-wide clinical trial led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ...

Epilepsy is among the most common neurological conditions, marked by unpredictable seizures, accidents and injuries, reduced quality of life, stigma and—in the worst case—premature death. But a ...

Body image dissatisfaction was shown to be the strongest unique contributor for poor quality of life in patients with epilepsy, signaling the potential need for targeted psychological treatments. Body ...

Epilepsy is among the most common neurological conditions, marked by unpredictable seizures, accidents and injuries, reduced quality of life, stigma and-in the worst case-premature death. But a ...

A new study has uncovered an increased risk of behavioral problems in children of mothers with epilepsy who took common antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy. In the Epilepsia study, behavioral ...

A Johns Hopkins mouse study shows that liver dysfunction drives seizures while astrocyte defects in the brain drive psychiatric symptoms in pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy, and that sulforaphane from ...

Researchers studying a common form of epilepsy have made an important discovery about a process within the brain's hippocampus that appears to modulate seizure activity and suggests a possible new ...

An evidence-based web-app helped children with epilepsy to fall asleep on average 16.5 minutes earlier. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. A new UK-wide clinical trial ...