Although neurophobia is a longstanding problem, it has only recently been given the name.
In 1994, Jozefowicz, an American neurologist, described it as “a fear of the neural sciences …

Migraine causes major health impairment and disability. Psychological interventions offer an
addition to pharmacotherapy but they are not currently recommended by the National …

Mothers' beliefs and evaluations of their child's illness were studied in a group of 30 mothers
who had con sulted a general practitioner because of a cough. Data were collected by tape …

Background Epilepsy is an important cause of amenable mortality but risk factors for death in
epilepsy are not well understood. Aim To evaluate trends in epilepsy mortality in a large …

OBJECTIVE--To describe the characteristics of patients attending their general practitioners
and complaining of fatigue or being" tired all the time." DESIGN--Prospective study of cohort …

Abstract Quality of Life (QoL) is the preferred outcome in non-pharmacological trials, but
there is little UK population evidence of QoL in epilepsy. In advance of evaluating an …

PURPOSE: To describe changes in utilisation of antiepileptic drugs (AED) by people with
epilepsy in the United Kingdom during 1993–2008. METHODS: Cohort study of 63,586 …

BACKGROUND: Fatigue is a common symptom for which patients consult their doctors in
primary care. With usual medical management the majority of patients report that their …

Background Headache accounts for up to a third of new specialist neurology appointments,
although brain lesions are extremely rare and there is little difference in clinical severity of …

This study looked at the effect of different appointment time intervals on process and
outcome measures in the consultation. Over a five-month period patients attending a two …