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A revealing study published in Epilepsy & Behavior provides evidence that the perception of epilepsy is not faring well in social media. Kate McNeil and colleagues from Dalhousie University in Canada analyzed data collected from Twitter to provide a snapshot of how epilepsy is portrayed within...

In one study, participants anticipated that their self-perceptions and self-esteem would be more positive if they didn’t have epilepsy. Self-perception turned out to be one of the most important predictors of successful social relationships in people with epilepsy — even more important than...