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The Bigger Picture is our leaflet about epilepsy and mood for people with epilepsy. The leaflet uses comics to show how people may feel and deal with their epilepsy. It also has information about common mood problems and epilepsy, and what may help.
Commended in the BMA Patient Information Awards 2010.
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Easy read leaflet about epilepsy and mood
Epilepsy - how I feel is our easy read leaflet about mood. Uses large text, pictures and stickers. This leaflet is written for adults with a learning disability, and is not designed for children. However, some people who do not have a learning disability may find the easy read style helpful.
Highly commended in the BMA Patient Information Awards 2011.
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epilepsy in mind: further reading and resources
The following are links to resources referenced within the pack and additional suggested reading, where available. There are many other relevant articles available (all links open in new windows).
Classification of epileptic seizures (pdf). Part of Epilepsy Society’s DVD resource manyLives: managing the epilepsies.
Barry, J.J. et al. Consensus statement: the evaluation and treatment of people with epilepsy and affective disorders. Epilepsy & Behavior, 13, S1-S29, 2008.
Schweitzer, S. (ed) Epilepsy and co-morbid depression: clinical significance too often underestimated (pdf). Paper from symposium ‘Epilepsy and psychiatric co-morbidity’, 48th annual meeting of the German Association of Epileptology
(DGfE), May 2006, Strasbourg.
Department of Health, Impact assessment of improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) Implementation Plan, 2008.
National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH), Depression: Management of depression in primary and secondary care, Royal College of Psychiatrists / British Psychological Society (pdf), 2004.
Mental Health Foundation, 2000
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Clinical Guideline 23 (amended), Depression: management of depression in primary and secondary care, 2004 (amended 2007).
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Clinical Guideline 22, Anxiety: management of anxiety (panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia, and generalised anxiety disorder) in adults in primary, secondary and community care, 2004.
Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych), Patients and antidepressants, 2008.
Foong, J., Psychiatric disorders in epilepsy (pdf), in Epilepsy 2007: From Cell to Community, A Practical Guide to Epilepsy. 11th ed (2007). Edited by: JW Sander, MC Walker and JE Smalls. Published by: International League Against Epilepsy (UK Chapter) and Epilepsy Society.
