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C/PS/198. Epilepsy and Behavioural Difficulties

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2011
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The paper examines whether behavioural problems can be related to the presence of epilepsy reviewing academic studies on the link between ‘challenging behaviour’ and learning disability or IQ, presenting an overview of the pathophysiology of epilepsy and arguing that difficult behaviours are not necessarily a direct result of the pathophysiological processes that cause the epilepsy.

 

KEYWORDS: learning disability, IQ, behavioural problems, epilepsy,

 
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