title: How nurses can support people with epilepsy.
abstract: This article looks at the nurse's role in caring for people with epilepsy in different age groups and at new developments in the treatment of this condition. A previous article (Nursing Times, May 21) looked at the diagnosis of epilepsy and the management of seizures.
authors.affiliation: National Society for Epilepsy, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D011788:Quality of Life; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012944:Social Support