Review
"This is a well-written, well-edited book that conveys a wealth of useful information to women with epilepsy. The editors and co-authors deserve commendation for the useful reference they have created. The book was written in cooperation with the Women with Epilepsy Initiative of the Epilepsy Foundation, whose goal has been to deliver high quality information about epilepsy to women with this condition." Doody's Review ServiceG
"This book not only covers an important topic, but also draws attention to an area of neurological practice that was, until recently, grossly neglected...Women with Epilepsy deserves the attention of the wide audience for whom it is written." The Lancet
"...a wonderful handbook, long needed in the field. I highly recommend Women with Epilepsy: A Handbook of Health and Treatment Issues to all women with epilepsy as well as to interested healthworkers, neurologists, general practioners, or indeed any physician managing the treatment of women with epilepsy." Annals of Neurology
"The fantasy of conjuring up experts to answer vexing conundrums in medicine is made real in this tidy little paperback. This could well have been titled Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Epilepsy...But Were Afraid to Ask." Psychiatry
Product Description
This handbook assembles a team of experts to review the special problems faced by women with epilepsy. Epilepsy treatments affect fertility and can cause pregnancy complications and birth defects, but most of the available drugs have been tested on men. Moreover, hormone effects on seizures are of particular concern to women at puberty, at menopause, and over the menstrual cycle. Many health-care providers are not informed about the unique issues facing women with epilepsy. This book, published in association with the Epilepsy Foundation of America, fills that gap and provides women with epilepsy with the information they need to be effective self-advocates.
