Long-term educational and vocational outcomes of adults after epilepsy surgery

Abstract

People with epilepsy typically have higher rates of unemployment and underemployment when compared to healthy peers or individuals with other chronic illnesses. It is unsurprising then, that patients often hope that epilepsy surgery will improve their postoperative vocational functioning. This chapter reviews published research examining the longer-term educational and vocational outcomes of adults undergoing epilepsy surgery. Since studies specifi cally investigating educational and vocational outcomes in adults are scarce, much of our knowledge comes from work looking at broader psychosocial outcomes. This makes it diffi cult to draw strong conclusions about factors, other than seizure out..