ABSTRACT
Behaviour problems are frequently associated with a diagnosis of epilepsy in children who are not intellectually impaired (for review, see Cull 1988). Significantly more children with epilepsy display behaviour disorders than do their own siblings (Epir et al. 1984), same age and ability peers (Clement and Wallace 1990), and children with other chronic diseases such as diabetes (Hoare and Mann 1994). Recent studies of children of normal intellectual ability attending epilepsy out-patient clinics suggest that approximately 50 per cent display some degree of behavioural disturbance as assessed by rating scales (Hoare and Kerley 1991; Austin et al. 1992). However, these rates can be even higher for children in specialist residential schools (Stores 1982).
