Epilepsy in children and adolescents

Epilepsy is common in the pediatric population and can significantly affect the health and quality of life of the child and family There are many caus es of childhood seizures and many forms of treatment, including pharmacolog ic and surgical modalities. Psychiatric disease occurs with higher incidenc e in children with epilepsy, and psychiatric disease in children also must be differentiated from epilepsy Many medications are used to treat epilepsy and psychiatric disease, all of which interact with each other pharmacodyn amically, as well as acting on the clinical manifestations of the disorders . These factors, and the complicated interface between epilepsy and psychia try, must be considered in the successful management of children with epile psy.