It has become increasingly acknowledged that the social and psychological consequences of epilepsy may be more … respondents, as well as their families, had accepted the epilepsy and learnt to cope with it, although some respondents felt … stigmatized by the epilepsy and made various attempts to conceal it from outsiders. Problems which were caused by epilepsy …

Findings are reported from a collaborative research project on the experience of epilepsy and treatment among patients … social experience of epilepsy support the conceptualization of chronic illness as possessing a social course. Beyond …

Epilepsy is, in the majority of cases, a short-lived and self-limiting clinical condition. However, individuals … and extent of stigma in a group of individuals with epilepsy in remission. The distinction between 'felt' and 'enacted …