Seizures and Epilepsy in Childhood: A Guide » (third edition)

John M. Freeman, M.D., is Lederer Professor of Pediatric Epilepsy and director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Center at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Eileen P. G. Vining, M.D., is associate professor of neurology and pediatrics and associate director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Center. Diana J. Pillas is coordinator-counselor at the Pediatric Epilepsy Center and former president of the Epilepsy Foundation of the Chesapeake Region.

A team at Johns Hopkins Pediatric Epilepsy Center offers a broad reference for parents, teachers, researchers, and health care practitioners. A main goal is to convince parents to shift their focus from the seizure to the whole child and the bigger picture, and to dispel the mythology that epilepsy leads inevitably to future handicap or retardation. Earlier editions were published in 1990 and 1997. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Seizures and Epilepsy in Childhood

No child's life should be defined by seizures. If we understand how the brain works, what happens during seizures, and how to cope with epilepsy, we can overcome the mythology of epilepsy and fight society's prejudices, allowing every child with epilepsy to reach his or her full potential.