TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotional complications of adolescent grand mal epilepsy
AU - Hodgman, Christopher H.
AU - McAnarney, Elizabeth R.
AU - Myers, Gary J.
AU - Iker, Howard
AU - McKinney, Ross
AU - Parmelee, Dean
AU - Schuster, Barbara
AU - Tutihasi, Mimi
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Departments of Psyehiatry and Pediatrics, The University of Rochester School of Medicine. Supported in part by PHS Grant MH 15275-02. *Reprint address: Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, School of Medieine, Rochester, NY 14642.
PY - 1979/8
Y1 - 1979/8
N2 - Adolescents who have grand mal epilepsy and their parents were interviewed, and the adolescents were evaluated neurologically. Better seizure control and less neurologic disability were unexpectedly associated with less open communication between the adolescents and their families and friends, and with a poorer self-image and poorer expectations for the future. These findings were unrelated to IQ or school performance. This outcome is consistent with other studies of invisible defects and stigmatization, and suggests that youngsters who have relatively mild defects involving social disability may be more troubled than those with more apparent defects, for which denial may be operative. An incidental finding in the study was that a question more predictive of overall family, social, and academic function than the neurologic findings was simply whether or not the youngster was attending the appropriate grade in school for his or her age.
AB - Adolescents who have grand mal epilepsy and their parents were interviewed, and the adolescents were evaluated neurologically. Better seizure control and less neurologic disability were unexpectedly associated with less open communication between the adolescents and their families and friends, and with a poorer self-image and poorer expectations for the future. These findings were unrelated to IQ or school performance. This outcome is consistent with other studies of invisible defects and stigmatization, and suggests that youngsters who have relatively mild defects involving social disability may be more troubled than those with more apparent defects, for which denial may be operative. An incidental finding in the study was that a question more predictive of overall family, social, and academic function than the neurologic findings was simply whether or not the youngster was attending the appropriate grade in school for his or her age.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3476(79)80680-0
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3476(79)80680-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 109600
AN - SCOPUS:58149409748
SN - 0022-3476
VL - 95
SP - 298
EP - 304
JO - The Journal of Pediatrics
JF - The Journal of Pediatrics
IS - 2
ER -