Women with epilepsy do not have an increased seizure rate during pregnancy as long as they have their medication levels carefully monitored, a new study suggests.

This study examined whether and how perceived stigma, unemployment and depression interact to influence suicidal risk in people with epilepsy. The results showed that in fact perceived stigma was associated with depression severity and suicidal risk.

Getting out from the shadow of perceived stigma may help reducing suicidal risk in people with epilepsy. In addition, improving employment status of people with epilepsy may attenuate the indirect effect of perceived stigma on suicidal risk through depression severity.

Review of how physical exercise affects epilepsy physiopathology reveals physical exercise is an excellent non-pharmacological tool that can be used in the treatment of epilepsy

Missed, Mistaken, Stalled: A systematic research literature review found that a substantial proportion of individuals report a delay in epilepsy diagnoses, suggesting a missed opportunity for early epilepsy care and management.

This review found that diagnostic delay consists of several components and that recommendations for future research include examining each before consideration of interventions is made.

Findings of a survey commissioned by the International League Against Epilepsy suggest there are ongoing barriers to effective mental health care and the importance of managing depression and anxiety in patients with epilepsy by updating protocols in this area and the integration of mental health professionals within epilepsy settings.

New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has shed light on the No. 1 cause of epilepsy deaths, suggesting a long-sought answer for why some patients die unexpectedly following an epileptic

The new understanding will help scientists in their efforts to develop ways to prevent sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).

Depression is an independent predictor of worse quality of life and significantly mediated the effects of irritability and poor seizure control on quality of life impairment in patients with epilepsy.

This is the first of two narrative reviews on cognitive disorders in epilepsy

One-third of epilepsy patients have drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), which is often complicated by polydrug toxicity and psychiatric and cognitive comorbidities.

To understand how epilepsy surgery can affect the risk of SUDEP, CURE Epilepsy-grantee Dr. Lisa Bateman and her collaborator, Dr. Catherine Schevon, analyzed rates and causes of mortality in people who had epilepsy surgery versus those who hadn’t