Epilepsy in Adolescents: Stigma, Societal Integration, and Global Prevalence
A Comprehensive Review
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This review article explores the world’s burden of epilepsy in adolescents, focusing on how stigma, society’s challenges, and levels of incidence and prevalence affect them. Researchers intend to find out how adolescents with epilepsy handle the stigma and how these reactions influence their social lives and involvement with others. Researchers gathered and evaluated data from 20 similar studies from 2000 to 2024 that were found in MEDLINE and EMBASE databases; following proper review and analysis of studies. Active epilepsy was found to be present in 6.38 out of every 1,000 people, while 7.60 out of every 1,000 experienced it throughout their lifetimes and the annual incidence was recorded as 61.44 per 100,000 person-years. The rates are much higher in low- and middle-income countries as opposed to richer ones. Even though up to 70% of patients can be helped by medical treatment that prevents seizures, many adolescents have to deal with social stigmas and feel rejected, worrisome, and worthless. Most teenagers hide their disorder from others, afraid that people will reject them because of false beliefs and prejudice. There is still inadequate integration within the society because of low education support, limited mental health care, tough economic situations, and clear signs of racial and cultural bias. Up to half of adolescents with epilepsy have extra psychiatric disorders, yet many of them are not treated well enough. To sum up, stigma remains a big obstacle for adolescents with epilepsy to be fully accepted and psychologically well. It calls for more stigma assessments that suit adolescents, additional mental health care, and suitable school-based programs. For this group to get the best care, public health strategies should be informed by studies done by age group.
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