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Title: Psychosocial issues


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Psychosocial issues
2
Psychological and social implications of
epilepsy can be more of a problem to someone than
the seizures themselves
3
Stigma
  • The beliefs and reactions of others
  • The beliefs of the person themselves

4
Loss of self esteem and self image
  • How is that persons life affected by the
    diagnosis?
  • What restrictions will there be for them?
  • What losses will they experience?

5
6 stages of loss
  • Shock
  • Anger
  • Denial
  • Guilt/blame
  • Resolution
  • Acceptance

6
Acceptance
  • People who are finding it difficult to accept
    their situation may not take their medication as
    prescribed
  • Once someone has accepted their situation they
    can develop effective coping strategies

7
  • These emotional reactions are often not just
    experienced by the person with epilepsy but also
    by those close to them.
  • In the case of a child being diagnosed, the
    parents may be emotionally affected as much if
    not more than the child.

8
  • People who have infrequent seizures sometimes
    find it harder to psychologically adjust to
    having epilepsy and can go through the
    bereavement response each time they have a
    seizure.

9
If you were diagnosed with epilepsy tomorrow
  • What areas of your life would be affected?
  • Who would you tell and not tell and why?
  • How would you feel?
  • What questions would you have?
  • Where would you go for the answers to your
    questions?
  • Who else would be affected by your diagnosis?
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