Epilepsy

General Information

McGill University Health Centre

• Epilepsy Clinic

Edmon­ton Epilepsy Asso­ci­a­tion

• Causes of Epilepsy

• Let’s Learn About Epilepsy: An Activ­ity Book for Chil­dren

• Epilepsy 101

• Epilepsy: An Overview (2020)

• Famous Peo­ple with Epilepsy

BC Epilepsy Soci­ety

• What is SUDEP (Sud­den Unex­plained Death in Epilepsy)? (2013)

Pub­lic Health Agency of Canada

• Epilepsy in Canada (2018)

• Data­base of the Cana­dian Chronic Dis­ease Sur­veil­lance Sys­tem (CCDSS) (2019)

Cana­dian Epilepsy Alliance

• New Classification of Seizure Types

American Academy of Neurology

• Epilepsy: A Guide for Patients and Families (video)

Epilepsy Foundation 

• Reflex Epilepsies (2019)

• Genetic Causes of Epilepsy (n.d)

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences 

• Lafora disease (n.d.)

• Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 1 (2023)

Amer­i­can Acad­emy of Fam­ily Physi­cians

• Epilepsy (2018)

John Hop­kins Med­i­cine

• Focal Epilepsy

Mayo Clinic

• Epilepsy (2020)

Medline Plus

• Epilepsy (2020)

• Par­tial (focal) seizure (2020)

• Gen­er­al­ized tonic-​clonic seizure (2020)

• Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy (2016)

• Unverricht-Lundborg disease (2008)

Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion

• Epilepsy (2020)

Merck Manual (consumer version)

• Seizure Dis­or­ders (2020)

Demos Medical Publishing

• Epilepsy A to Z : A Con­cise Ency­clo­pe­dia (2009)

Epilepsy Action

• Epilepsy Facts and Ter­mi­nol­ogy (2018)

• Pho­to­sen­si­tive Epilepsy (2022)

• Genetics and Epilepsy (2022)

NHS (UK)

• Febrile seizures (n.d.)

Cedars-Sinai

• Myoclonic Epilepsy (n.d.)

Tests

BC Epilepsy Soci­ety 

• Epilepsy: Elec­troen­cephalog­ra­phy (EEG) (2009)

Epilepsy Foun­da­tion

• The EEG Test (2013)

British Epilepsy Asso­ci­a­tion

• EEG Tests and Epilepsy (2020)

John Hop­kins Med­i­cine

• Intrac­arotid Sodium Amo­bar­bi­tal Test (Wada Test)

Treatment & Management

McGill University Health Centre

• Epilepsy Surgery: Under­stand­ing Your Care (2006)

Cana­dian Epilepsy Alliance

• Nutri­tion

Epilepsy Alliance

• Diagnosis and Treatment (n.d.)

Epilepsy Foun­da­tion

• Epilepsy Med­ica­tions (2014)

• Vagus Nerve Stim­u­la­tion (2018)

• Vagus Nerve Stim­u­la­tion (2018)

• Medical Marijuana (2019)

Cleve­land Clinic

• Cor­pus Cal­loso­tomy (2017)

PubMed Central - Z. Okudan and Ç. Özkara

• Reflex epilepsy: triggers and management strategies (2018)

Springer Link - V. Golub and D. S. Reddy 

• Cannabidiol Therapy for Refractory Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders (2020)

Epilepsy Society (UK)

• VSN Therapy 
• Can You Predict Your Own Seizures? (2014)

Living With

Epilepsy Toronto

• Alco­hol and Epilepsy (2015)

Canadian Epilepsy Alliance 

• Seizure First Aid

• Learning Through Storms

BC Epilepsy Soci­ety

• Epilepsy: Seizure Recording Forms (2009)

• Par­ent­ing Con­cerns for the Mother with Epilepsy (2009)

• Sports and Recre­ation for Peo­ple Liv­ing with Epilepsy (2013)

• Epilepsy and Employ­ment: Dis­clo­sure (2011)

• Epilepsy: Seizure Response Dogs (2014)

• Preg­nancy and the Mother's Health

Edmon­ton Epilepsy Asso­ci­a­tion

• Epilepsy: Seizures and First Aid (2020)

• Liv­ing with Epilepsy (2020)

• Safety and Epilepsy (2020) 

• Seniors and Epilepsy (2020)

• Women and Epilepsy (2020)

• Recre­ation and Epilepsy

• Employ­ment and Epilepsy

Epilepsy Action

• Looking After a Baby or Young Child when you have Epilepsy

• Mem­ory Prob­lems and Epilepsy (2018)

Amer­i­can Acad­emy of Fam­ily Physi­cians

• Epilepsy and Preg­nancy (2020)

Epilepsy Foun­da­tion

• Travel Planning (2018)

• Staying Safe With Exercise and Sports (2013)

Epilepsy Society

• Hormones, puberty and menstruation (2020)

Support Resources

• Epilepsy Ontario

• Amer­i­can Epilepsy Soci­ety

• Epilepsy Foun­da­tion

• Epilepsy Action (British Epilepsy Asso­ci­a­tion)

Caregiving

Edmon­ton Epilepsy Asso­ci­a­tion

• Epilepsy: A Guide for Par­ents (2020)

• Epilepsy: A guide for pro­fes­sion­als and care­givers (2020)

• Epilepsy: A guide for teach­ers (2020)

• Teens and Epilepsy (2020)