MedicineSociologyPsychology

The global burden and stigma of epilepsy.

H. Boer, M. Mula, Josemir W Sander

2008.5.1EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR

DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.12.019

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The burden of epilepsy may be due to the physical hazards of epilepsy resulting from the unpredictability of seizures, the social exclusion as a result of negative attitudes of others toward people with epilepsy, and the stigma.

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BOER, H.; MULA, M.; SANDER, Josemir W. The global burden and stigma of epilepsy. EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR, 2008, 12 4: 540–6.