Publications by authors named "Shiri Spector"
Purpose: The goals of the work described here were to investigate the psychological and social impact of epilepsy on adolescents and to identify to what degree clinical and demographic variables and knowledge of epilepsy could influence psychosocial functioning.
Methods: Seventy adolescents with epilepsy were compared with healthy controls (matched for age, sex, and reading ability) on measures of self-esteem, social adjustment, depression, and obsession. Within the epilepsy group, the impact of seizure frequency, seizure severity, and knowledge of epilepsy on the above measures was also determined.