Open AccessPathway to care of epilepsy patients: Exploratory study from an urban slum in Northern India
Author(s) -
Kathiresan Jeyashree,
Smita Sinha,
Binod Kumar Patro
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.116930
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , epilepsy , slum , family medicine , health care , government (linguistics) , psychiatry , environmental health , population , linguistics , philosophy , economics , economic growth
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder with major psychosocial correlates. Most epilepsy patients in developing countries are untreated or inadequately treated. It is essential to understand the pathway, to care taken by epilepsy patients in a community, to be able to target appropriate services to them.