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Epilepsy and Stigma

Author(s) -

Ufuk Demirel,

Figen Okçin

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of education and research in nursing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1305-0397

pISSN - 2618-5741

DOI - 10.5222/head.2020.94220

Subject(s) - epilepsy , biopsychosocial model , stigma (botany) , psychiatry , depression (economics) , psychology , social stigma , disease , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , pathology , macroeconomics , economics

The lack of information on epilepsy in those with epilepsy and those around them and the misconceptions about the disease result in the stigmatization of people with epilepsy. Consequently, the marriage and the employment rates of people with epilepsy have decreased, while the probability of depression has increased. The biopsychosocial health of the individuals with epilepsy must improve in order to combat stigma of epilepsy.

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