PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Rebecca LM Aylward TI - Epilepsy: a review of reports, guidelines, recommendations and models for the provision of care for patients with epilepsy AID - 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-4-433 DP - 2008 Aug 01 TA - Clinical Medicine PG - 433--438 VI - 8 IP - 4 4099 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/4/433.short 4100 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/4/433.full SO - Clin Med2008 Aug 01; 8 AB - Epilepsy is common and has a variety of causes and associated pathologies. Increased understanding of the pathophysiology underlying the epilepsies and advances in classification, diagnostic imaging and drug treatments have led to a reduction in stigma and growing demand for services to be improved for patients. A number of important reports and guidelines have emerged in the UK in recent years, which are summarised here. Diagnosis, classification, management and models of care are discussed as well as the management of drug intractable seizures, status epilepticus, and approaches to special patient groups: women in the fertile years, the elderly and those with learning difficulties.