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Epilepsy in learning disabilities: relevance and association with mental illness and behavioural disturbances
- Author:
- TURKISTANI Ibrahim Y. A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities, 8(1), March 2004, pp.89-99.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study investigated the prevalence of epilepsy in learning disabilities and its association with mental illness and behavioural disturbance. Case notes were examined of adults and elderly people registered with specialist learning disability services in the Hull and Holderness area, England. Clients were divided into two groups: people with learning disabilities with an active history of epilepsy and those with no history of epilepsy. Findings from 240 clients were: 45 percent had active epilepsy; of these, 33.3 percent had onset of seizures before the age of 1 year, 76.9 percent had more then one seizure a month, and 50 percent were on one anti-epileptic drug. No significant association was found between epilepsy and behavioural disturbances or mental illness. These results may add some weight to the argument that epilepsy does not necessarily increase the incidence of mental illness and/or behavioural disturbance.
Children with epilepsy who have special needs
- Authors:
- KURTZ Zarrina, RICHMAN Naomi
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 3(2), 1989, pp.139-151.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes two studies of the characteristics of children attending the residential special schools for epilepsy in England and Wales before the 1981 Education Act, and discusses the provision of local services for severely handicapped children
An education programme for social care staff: improving the health of people who have a learning disability and epilepsy
- Authors:
- POINTU Alison, COLE Christina
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33(1), March 2005, pp.39-43.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article describes and examines course feedback from a local training initiative, which contributes to the improvements in the health status of people with a learning disability, who have epilepsy. The aim is to analyse how an education programme that focused on epilepsy and its management, together with a borough wide epilepsy protocol developed the skills of the local workforce. This education programme provided a framework for social care staff, enabling them to work both safely and effectively in their support of individuals with learning disabilities that have epilepsy. Learning disability nurses led this training initiative, in response to the health needs of people with learning disabilities. Success was achieved through the collaborative working across a number of agencies