A neurobehavioral approach for treatment of complex partial epilepsy: efficacy

This is a retrospective study of the efficacy of a short-term comprehensive multidisciplinary neurobehavioral treatment approach for complex partial e pilepsy. Eleven patients were treated intensively for five consecutive days followed by 6 months of weekly telephone contact and an additional 6 month s of monitoring of seizure logs and journals. Data was analysed at least 24 months after initiation of treatment. Pre-treatment seizure frequency rang ed from 1 to 15 per month. Post-treatment seizure frequency was zero per mo nth for the nine patients who experienced less than four seizures per month prior to treatment and less than two per month for the other two patients. Additional benefits of the treatment program were improved levels of profe ssional achievement in the arts and computer sciences and reduction of medi cation dosages. (C) 2000 BEA Trading Ltd.