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Revised edition of Brainstorms Family presents the firsthand personal accounts of children with seizure disorders and their parents. Describes the experiences of handling the crisis of the initial seizure, adjusting to the diagnosis of epilepsy, coping with seizures, managing medications and side effects, and dealing with health care providers, teachers, schoolmates, siblings, and friends. Includes a medical discussion of childhood seizures written by Dr. John Pellock, and a guide for parents & schoolteachers written by William Murphy. | |