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Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, with a worldwide childhood prevalence of 0.5% to 0.9% [1]. Children with epilepsy often have cognitive deficits and academic problems, and are burdened with social incompetence [2]; moreover, they are also reported to have low self-esteem and high familial stress related to epilepsy [2]. Childhood-onset epilepsy is thus associated with adverse psychosocial outcomes on education, employment, and personal relationships during adulthood [3, 4].