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What services should carers expect?
What services should carers expect? Carers often need help to maintain their own physical and emotional health. There are nearly 5.7 million carers in the UK. If you look after a relative or friend who needs support because of age, physical or intellectual disabilities or illness, including mental illness, you have a right to have […]
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psychological interventions for seizure
psychological interventions for seizure. People with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy may experience difficulties in psychosocial functioning, particularly in interpersonal relationships. The impact of epilepsy, as well as intellectual disabilities and mental health difficulties, can produce problems. These may present in the formof poorly controlled seizures, the person not wanting to take medication, or changes in […]
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antiepileptic medications side effects
antiepileptic medications side effects Anti-epileptic medication can lead to drowsiness and poor concentration. Newer types of medication are less likely to do this. Below are the more commonly used types of anti-epileptic medication and their more common side effects described in alphabetical order. This is not an exhaustive list but should help you gain some […]
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treatment for seizures
Medical treatment of seizures in people with intellectual disabilities is the same as for people without intellectual disabilities. However, it might be more difficult to achieve control over the seizures. The seizures may also be more severe and more frequent. Often a person with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy has physical disabilities and mental health problems. […]
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Assessment and diagnosis of epilepsy
Doctors can find it difficult to diagnose epilepsy as there is not one particular test to use and many other things could be the cause of the symptoms. Also, when someone is not having a seizure his or her brain cells may behave as normal. The person might not be conscious during the seizure so […]
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Can epilepsy impair cognitive functioning?
Can epilepsy impair cognitive functioning? Cognitive functioning is the mental processes of knowing, thinking and learning. People who have intellectual disabilities have problems in these three areas usually due to the underlying brain damage rather than the epilepsy itself. If the seizures are well controlled and the medication regime is kept simple further difficulties with […]
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What are seizures?
What are seizures? There are many different types of epilepsy and about 40 different types of seizures. Seizures affect people in different ways. The symptoms of a seizure (what people experience) depend on where the change in brain activity takes place, and how widely and quickly it spreads. The medical names given to different types […]
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How common is epilepsy?
How common is epilepsy? The frequency of epilepsy occurring in people with intellectual disabilities is higher than in the rest of the population. About 30 per cent of people with intellectual disabilities also have epilepsy. The more severe the intellectual disability the more likely it is that the person will also have epilepsy.At least 50 […]
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What is the link between epilepsy and mental health problems?
People with epilepsy whether they have intellectual disabilities or not are more likely to have mental health problems than those who do not have epilepsy. Epilepsy itself is not a mental health problem. The association between the two can be thought of in a combination of biological, psychological and social terms (see also Chapter 1). […]
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What is epilepsy?
What is epilepsy? If someone has epilepsy this means that they have repeated seizures. Seizures are caused by a temporary change in the way someone’s brain cells work. During a seizure someone might ‘black out’ or have unusual feelings, thoughts or movements. It usually only lasts for a matter of seconds or minutes, but in […]
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