Open AccessPerception of epilepsy among the urban secondary school children of Bareilly district
Author(s) -
Hari Shankar Joshi,
Syed Esam Mahmood,
Arjun Bamel,
Ajay Agarwal,
Iram Shaifali
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.4103/0972-2327.94996
Subject(s) - epilepsy , perception , medicine , population , psychiatry , prejudice (legal term) , mythology , cross sectional study , family medicine , psychology , environmental health , social psychology , philosophy , theology , pathology , neuroscience
There is a lack of knowledge about epilepsy among the students and the population in general, with consequent prejudice and discrimination toward epileptic patients.