Psychosocial management of Epilepsy in adjunct with the fixed Antiepileptic Drug Therapy

Pages: 894-896
Smita Pandey (Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
S.H. Nizamie (Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand)

To see the effect of behavioral intervention like relaxation, stress management, cognitive behavior therapy and countermeasures in the treatment of epilepsy as individually tailored psycho-social approach in adjunct with the medications and its effects on the frequency of seizures, the Quality of life ( QOLIE-10), Subjective well-being scales (SUBI) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-5) of the patients. Twenty-two patients , between the age range of 14 to 41 years gave the informed consent for the treatment, from the Epilepsy Clinic of Central Institute of Psychiatry, out of which 14 patients could only follow up for the treatment. A daily seizure diary was maintained to obtain the frequency of seizures along with the pre-assessment of the QOLIE-10, SUBI , GHQ-5 and their post intervention effects, that were analyzed using the student’t’ test., after the intervention of six weeks. The results indicated significant improvement on all of the above measures.