Reading list
Many of these books are available to buy from Amazon. To buy from Amazon simply click on the links below. By using these links, you will automatically donate about 5% of the price of the book to Epilepsy Society, at no cost to you.
Epilepsy Explained: a book for people who want to know more about epilepsy.
Ulrich Altrup, Christian E. Elger, Markus Reuber
Medicine Explained Publishing, 2005
ISBN: 3980963810
Available to buy from Dr Markus Reuber at Dept of Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, by sending a cheque for £16.50 made payable to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Any income will go to the research fund for clinical (non-laboratory) epilepsy research.
Coping with epilepsy
F Marshall and P Crawford
Sheldon Press, 2006 (2nd ed)
ISBN 0859699765
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Understanding Epilepsy
S Shorvon & M Walker
Family Doctor Publications. Updated 2006.
ISBN 1903474396
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Epilepsy: The Facts
A Hopkins & R Appleton
Oxford University Press 2nd Edition 1996
ISBN 01926 25489
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Epilepsy at your Fingertips
B Chappell & P Crawford
Class Publishing 2nd edition 2001
ISBN 1859590624
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Getting on with Epilepsy
S Hollins, J Bernal, A Thacker, L Kopper
Gaskell / Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1999
ISBN 1901242390
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Complementary and Alternative Treatments
Epilepsy: Complementary and alternative treatments
Dr Sallie Baxendale
Sheldon Press, 2012
ISBN: 978 1 84709 154 3
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Epilepsy in our Words: personal accounts of living with seizures (Brainstorms series)
(ed) SC Schachter
Oxford University Press 2008
ISBN 9780195330885
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Epilepsy in our View: Stories from friends and families of people living with epilepsy (Brainstorms series)
(ed) SC Schachter
Oxford University Press 2008
ISBN 9780195330878
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Epilepsy in our Lives: women living with epilepsy (Brainstorms series)
(eds) SC Schachter, KB Krishnamurthy & DT Combs Cantrell
Oxford University Press 2008
ISBN 9780195330861
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Epilepsy in our World: stories of living with seizures from around the world (Brainstorms series)
(ed) SC Schachter & LF Andermann
Oxford University Press 2008
ISBN 9780195330892
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Me, Myself, My Memories
Gillian Shaw
Author Publishing Ltd 2005
ISBN 1 898030 54 5
Available from bookshops
For children and parents
Epilepsy book for Kids
Layla Reid
Pomegranate
ISBN: 978-1-84289-0196
Available from Epilepsy Society - call 01494 601 392 for an order form or order through the online shop.
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What’s up with Wendy? Medikidz explain epilepsy
Dr Kim Chilman-Blair and John Taddeo
Peer reviewed by Prof. Helen Cross
Medikidz
ISBN 9781906935009
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Everything a Child Needs to Know About Epilepsy
Dr C R Yemula
Edited by Professor F Besag
Health Insights 4U, 2008
ISBN: 9780955480331
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My brother and sister have epilepsy - this is my story
Dr Richard Appleton and Dr Annette Hames
Esai Ltd
ISBN 9780956092137
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About children for parents
Epilepsy
Susan Elliot-Wright
(Health issues series)
Hodder Wayland 2007, 2003
ISBN 0750243805
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Epilepsy and your child
R Appleton, B Chappell & M Beirne
(At your fingertips series)
Class Publishing 2004
ISBN 1859591086
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Coping with Epilepsy in Children and Young People
Susan Elliot Wright
Sheldon Press, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84709-046-1
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Epilepsy on our Terms: stories by children with seizures and their parents (Brainstorms series)
(eds) SC Schachter, GD Montouris & JM Pellock
Oxford University Press 2008
ISBN 9780195330908
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For professionals
Antiepileptic Drug Interactions - A Clinical Guide, 2nd Edition
PN Patsalos
Springer 2013
ISBN 978-1-4471-2433-7
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Epilepsy - Fast Facts
M Brodie, S Schachter, P Kwan
Health Press 5th edition 2012
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Alternatively, buy direct from the publisher and use the code ES15 to get a 15% discount on the price.
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Epilepsy: Questions and Answers
YM Hart & JW Sander
Merit Publishing 2008 (2nd ed)
ISBN 9781873413876
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DVDs
The Lost Prince (2003)
Directed by Stephen Poliakoff
Format: PAL, Region 2
90 mins.
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There are many books about epilepsy available. This page provides a selection of titles. Epilepsy Society is not responsible for the accuracy or currency of the information in the books listed.
