Commentary: Pediatric Epilepsy: A Good Fit for Pediatric Psychologists | Zendy

Judith L. Wagner | Zendy; Avani C. Modi | Zendy; Gigi Smith | Zendy

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Commentary: Pediatric Epilepsy: A Good Fit for Pediatric Psychologists

Author(s) -

Judith L. Wagner,

Avani C. Modi,

Gigi Smith

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of pediatric psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054

H-Index - 121

eISSN - 1465-735X

pISSN - 0146-8693

DOI - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq109

Subject(s) - subspecialty , psychosocial , pediatric psychology , epilepsy , pediatric epilepsy , medline , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , political science , law

While there are an abundance of pediatric neuropsychologists working with youth with epilepsy (YWE), other subspecialty psychologists have played minimal roles in clinical and research endeavors in pediatric epilepsy. Thus, the purpose of this commentary was to describe (a) the needs of YWE due to the intermittent nature of seizures and difficulties with disease management, (b) increased risk for psychosocial comorbidities, (c) limited access to care, and (d) provide recommendations for how pediatric psychologists can become involved in the clinical care and research activities for YWE.

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