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BOOKS

Some Books Available on Epilepsy

• A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND LIVING WITH EPILEPSY, Orrin Devinsky, MD. F.A. Davis Company (1915 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103), 1994.
  
• BECKY THE BRAVE: A STORY ABOUT EPILEPSY by Laurie Lears, Illustrated by Gail Piazza, Albert Whitman & Company www.albertwhitman.com, 2002.
  
• THE BRAINSTORMS COMPANION: EPILEPSY IN OUR VIEW, by Steven Schachter, MD. Raven Press (1185 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10036), 1994.
  
• BRAINSTORMS: EPILEPSY IN OUR WORDS, by Steven Schachter, MD. Raven Press (1185 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10036), 1993.
  
• CHALLENGE OF EPILEPSY by Sally Fletcher. Aura Publishing Company (Aura Publishing Company; 20 Sunnyside Ave., #A150, Mill Valley, CA 94941).
  
• CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY: A PARENTS GUIDE, by Helen Reisner. Woodbine House (5615 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852), 1988.
  
• DOES YOUR CHILD HAVE EPILEPSY? by J.E. Jan, MD, R.G. Ziegler, MD, G. Erba, MD. University Park Press, 2nd Edition, 1991.
  
• EPILEPSY: A NEW APPROACH; WHAT MEDICINE CAN DO, WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF by Adrienne Richard and Joel Reiter, MD. Walker Publishing (New York), 1995.
  
• THE EPILEPSY DIET TREATMENT: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE KETOGENIC DIET, 2nd Edition by John Freeman, MD, Millicent Kelly, and Jennifer Freeman. Demos Publications (156 Fiftth Ave, NY, NY 10010; 1-800-532-8663), 1995.
  
• EPILEPSY PATIENT & FAMILY GUIDE, 2nd Edition by Orrin Devinsky, MD, F.A Davis Company www.fadavis.com (1915 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103) 2002.
  
• HAVING EPILEPSY, THE EXPERIENCE AND CONTROL OF ILLNESS by Joseph Schneider and Peter Conrad. Temple Univ. Press (Broad and Oxford Streets, Philadelphia, PA).
  
• LIVING WELL WITH EPILEPSY by Robert J. Gumnit, MD. Demos Publications, Ave, (156 Fiftth Ave, NY, NY 10010; 1-800-532-8663), 1988.
  
• ONE MIRACLE AT A TIME, HOW TO GET HELP FOR YOUR DISABLED CHILD - FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHER PARENTS, by Irving Dickman. PACER Center, Inc (4826 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55417).
  
• PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN EPILEPSY, SOCIAL DIMENSIONS by Steven Whitman and Bruce Hermann. Oxford University Press (16-00 Pollitt Drive, Fair Lawn, NJ 07419-2799).
  
• REJOICE IN THE LIGHT: A WOMAN’S JOURNEY OUT OF THE MYSTERY OF EPILEPSY by Amy E. Crane, M Ed., Agape Publishing (P.O Box 4203, Greenville, SC 29608) 2000.
  
• SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY IN CHILDHOOD: A GUIDE FOR PARENTS by John Freeman, MD, Eileen Vining, MD and Diana Pillas, The Johns Hopkins University Press (701 West 40th St, Baltimore, MD 21211), 1990.
  
• TREATING EPILEPSY NATURALLY: A GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVE AND ADJUNCT THERAPIES by Patricia A. Murphy, McGraw Hill, 2002.
  

RESOURCES

CEDAR is a Windows-based program which has been distributed to about 25 selected epilepsy centres across Canada for use by adult and pediatric neurologists and members of the Canadian League Against Epilepsy (CLAE - http://www.clae.org). Its purpose is to establish a national database for research projects, while providing a useful office program for the management of epilepsy patients.

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