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Epilepsy / Mary E. Williams, book editor.

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Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press/Gale Cengage Learning, c2010.

9780737745528 (hardcover)

0737745525 (hardcover)

Perspectives on diseases and disorders.

168 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Foreword -- Introduction -- 1: Understanding Epilepsy -- 1: Epilepsy and seizure disorder: an overview / Maureen Haggerty and Teresa G Odle -- 2: Causes of epilepsy / National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke -- 3: Myths and facts about epilepsy / Orrin Devinsky -- 4: Teens should be involved in managing their epilepsy / Patricia Osborne Shafer and Colleen DiIorio -- 2: Issues And Controversies Concerning Epilepsy -- 1: Drugs may be able to prevent trauma-related epilepsy / Lauran Neergaard -- 2: Anti epileptic drugs can have negative consequences / Jillene Magill-Lewis -- 3: Generic drugs may be dangerous for people with epilepsy / Donna Wright -- 4: Surgery can benefit people with epilepsy / Anita Manning -- 5: Surgery does not improve cognitive function in people with epilepsy / Michele G Sullivan -- 6: Brain stimulation can benefit people with epilepsy / Ken Carlson -- 7: Dietary changes can benefit people with epilepsy / Christen Brownlee -- 8: Seizure response dogs benefit people with epilepsy / Jan Carter Hollingsworth -- 9: Fear of discrimination keeps many people with epilepsy out of the workplace / University of Florida News -- 10: Laws protect people with epilepsy from workplace discrimination / US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -- 3: Living With Epilepsy -- 1: Unraveling the secret of the spells / Christine Contillo -- 2: What I hate the most is losing my memory / John Flynn -- 3: Losing our daughter to epilepsy / Jeff Wilson -- 4: Life of an epileptic autistic savant / Richard Johnson -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Organizations to contact -- For further reading -- Index.

From the Publisher's Website: Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder (including symptoms, causes, treatments and cures); presents the controversies surrounding causes, alternative treatments, and other issues; and offers first-person narratives from people coping with the disease-either as patients, family members or caregivers. Essays are carefully edited and introduced to make them easily accessible to student researchers as well as general readers. By focusing on the controversies surrounding diseases and disorders, this series supports debate assignments and helps develop critical thinking skills, and also helps patients and family members learn about and deal with a disease or disorder. Each volume includes numerous color photos, charts, graphs and tables as well as a glossary of key terms, a chronology of developments relating to the disease or disorder, a bibliography to assist with further research, a list of organizations to contact and an index.

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