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Emotional complications of adolescent grand mal epilepsy.

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Hodgman, CH; McAnarney, ER; Myers, GJ; Iker, H; McKinney, R; Parmelee, D; Schuster, B; Tutihasi, M
Published in: J Pediatr
August 1979

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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J Pediatr

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ISSN

0022-3476

Publication Date

August 1979

Volume

95

Issue

2

Start / End Page

309 / 312

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Adjustment
  • Self Concept
  • Sampling Studies
  • Pediatrics
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • New York
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Male
  • Intelligence
  • Humans
 

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Hodgman, C. H., McAnarney, E. R., Myers, G. J., Iker, H., McKinney, R., Parmelee, D., … Tutihasi, M. (1979). Emotional complications of adolescent grand mal epilepsy. J Pediatr, 95(2), 309–312. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3476(79)80680-0
Hodgman, C. H., E. R. McAnarney, G. J. Myers, H. Iker, R. McKinney, D. Parmelee, B. Schuster, and M. Tutihasi. “Emotional complications of adolescent grand mal epilepsy.J Pediatr 95, no. 2 (August 1979): 309–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3476(79)80680-0.
Hodgman CH, McAnarney ER, Myers GJ, Iker H, McKinney R, Parmelee D, et al. Emotional complications of adolescent grand mal epilepsy. J Pediatr. 1979 Aug;95(2):309–12.
Hodgman, C. H., et al. “Emotional complications of adolescent grand mal epilepsy.J Pediatr, vol. 95, no. 2, Aug. 1979, pp. 309–12. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(79)80680-0.
Hodgman CH, McAnarney ER, Myers GJ, Iker H, McKinney R, Parmelee D, Schuster B, Tutihasi M. Emotional complications of adolescent grand mal epilepsy. J Pediatr. 1979 Aug;95(2):309–312.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Pediatr

DOI

ISSN

0022-3476

Publication Date

August 1979

Volume

95

Issue

2

Start / End Page

309 / 312

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Adjustment
  • Self Concept
  • Sampling Studies
  • Pediatrics
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • New York
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Male
  • Intelligence
  • Humans