title: Psychiatric concerns in pediatric epilepsy.
abstract: Pediatric epilepsy is a common, chronic, and challenging physical illness for children and their families. This article provides a medical overview and discusses the cognitive functioning and psychosocial adjustment as well as the psychiatric management for children and adolescents with pediatric epilepsy. The management of these children involves establishing a collaborative health care approach, evaluating academic functioning, considering psychotherapy, and managing psychopharmacologic treatment. A thorough understanding of the biopsychosocial concerns in pediatric epilepsy can enable medical providers and mental health clinicians to promote resiliency and adaptation in children and their families facing troubling seizure disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. simona.bujoreanu@childrens.harvard.edu
authors.forename: I Simona
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Bujoreanu
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ibeziako
authors.forename: David Ray
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Demaso