Epilepsy, anti-seizure medication, intellectual disability and challenging behaviour – Everyone’s business, no one’s priority

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterised by an enduring predisposition to recurrent seizures, with social, biological and psychological consequences [1]. Epilepsy is more prevalent in persons with intellectual disability (ID) [2], compared to the general population [3]. In a cross-sectional study of 14,751 patients with ID, 18.5% had epilepsy compared to 0.7% of controls (Prevalence ratio 25) [4].

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Epilepsy, anti-seizure medication, intellectual disability and challenging behaviour – Everyone’s business, no one’s priority