title: [Possibilities of psychoprophylaxis in epilepsy].
abstract: The psychiatrist should be given also their share in the prevetion of epilepsy by means of raising the psychiatric culture of the society and teaching the population the principles of mental hygiene and psychoprophylaxia. The possibilities of psychiatry in prophylactic management of patients with developed epilepsy include: 1. Energetic measures for controlling attacks which has many psychoprophylactic aspects. 2. Prevention of psychotraumatizing situations leading to secondary neurotic, psychotic and other reactions and behaviour disorders of the type of homilopathy and sociopathy, 3. Counteracting the development of mental and social disability in epileptics. Treatment of epilepsy should be conducted from its very beginning in cooperation with psychiatrists and therapeutic psychologists. The probems of prophylaxis cannot be separated from prophylactic treatment, psychotherapy sociotherapy and rehabilitation.
mesh_terms: D004827:Epilepsy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D008884:Milieu Therapy; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012960:Socioenvironmental Therapy
vernacular_title: Mozliwości psychoprofilaktyki u chorych z padaczka