The 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology

Session information

Symposium

epilepsy, convulsion

[S8] Symposium 8
For comprehensive management against comorbid psychological conditions of children with epilepsy

Fri. Jun 16, 2017 10:10 AM - 12:10 PM Room No.4 (10F Conference Room 1003)

Chair:Takuya Tanabe(Tanabe Children's Clinic, OSaka, Japan), Hideaki Kanemura(Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan)

[Aim]
Epilepsy is a chronic condition impacting the development of children from infancy through adolescence. These children with epilepsy are at considerable risk of developing psychopathologies, for example, ADHD, ASD, LD, DCD, depression, and anxiety. These conditions may influence the QOL of the patients and result in the indelible stigma. However, they have been underestimated even by clinical epilepsy specialists. The aim of this symposium is to survey these comorbid psychiatric conditions so that we can manage the children with epilepsy comprehensively followed by improvement of QOL of these children.