Holistic Approach for the Care of Epilepsy Patients: Fran's Case Study

This case study focuses on Fran, a 21-year-old female diagnosed with grand mal epilepsy following a drug-related incident. The assignment explores a holistic approach to her care, emphasizing the integration of psychological, social, and pharmacological interventions. Fran's treatment plan includes counseling, lifestyle adjustments like yoga and exercise, and education on seizure prevention. The study highlights the importance of creating a supportive environment through interaction with family and friends, as well as the use of medication to control seizures. The holistic strategy aims to improve Fran's self-awareness and ability to manage her condition, facilitating her return to a normal life. The case study references relevant literature to support the effectiveness of this comprehensive approach.

Running head: HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR CARE OF EPILEPSY PATIENTS
HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR CARE OF EPILEPSY PATIENTS
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Fran 21 year girl is suffering from grand mal epilepsy, due to which she is not able to
perform her daily activities and live a normal life. Holistic approach will be highly benefited for
care of Fran as this will focus on her psychological and social state and helped to get back to her
feet (Devinsky et al., 2015). She will be aided in tackling her anxiety and psychosis that can
worsen her situation. She was given counselling and advised to include yoga and exercise in her
life and this help her to interact with other people. The psychological treatment will impact on
her emotional behavior as well. She will be given education regarding prevention measure to
abort seizure like avoiding visual pattern, listening to irritating noise and taking stress (Galtrey,
Mula & Cock, 2016). Fran was given coping skills to recognize and control her seizure. She was
also motivated to interact with her friends and family so that she can feel a comfort zone around
her. This will also help to avoid the attack of seizure and can live normal life. Additionally,
pharmacologically aid is also administered to her so that can get control from seizure. Proper
medication along with psychotherapy, exercise, yoga, social interaction will help her to get faster
recovery from her illness (Farina, Raglio & Giovagnoli, 2015). Creating self-awareness will
accelerate the healing process as she will be able to manage her illness by herself, and get back
into her feet in no time (Legg & Newton, 2017). With such implementation of holistic
approaches she can live a normal and healthy life like other peoples.

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Reference
Devinsky, O., Asato, M., Camfield, P., Geller, E., Kanner, A. M., Keller, S., ... & Singh, B. K.
(2015). Delivery of epilepsy care to adults with intellectual and developmental
disabilities. Neurology, 85(17), 1512-1521.
Farina, E., Raglio, A., & Giovagnoli, A. R. (2015). Cognitive rehabilitation in epilepsy: An
evidence-based review. Epilepsy research, 109, 210-218.
Galtrey, C. M., Mula, M., & Cock, H. R. (2016). Stress and epilepsy: fact or fiction, and what
can we do about it?. Practical neurology, 16(4), 270-278.
Legg, K. T., & Newton, M. (2017). Counselling adults who experience a first
seizure. Seizure, 49, 64-68.