title: Effects of a broad-spectrum behavioral medicine treatment program on children with refractory epileptic seizures: an 8-year follow-up.
abstract: We present an 8 year follow-up on a group of children with refractory epileptic seizures who participated in the early 1980s in a controlled group study on the effects of a broad-spectrum behavior modification treatment program on children with refractory epileptic seizures. In the original study, 18 children were divided into three groups: behavior modification group, attention control group, and control group. The purpose was to investigate the effects of a learning-based treatment program superimposed on a regular medical treatment program. Also, the effects of professional attention were evaluated. At the 10 week and 1 year follow-ups, only the group receiving the behavior modification intervention had a significantly reduced rate of seizure index. The present study investigates these same children 8 years later using the same methods of investigation for an additional 10 week period. The results indicate that a significant reduction in seizures was obtained only for the behavior modification group at the 8 year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurophysiology, Orebro Medical Center Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Brorson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Melin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants