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Epilepsies in children, young people and adults

  • NICE guideline
  • Reference number: NG217
  • Published:  27 April 2022
  • Last updated:  30 January 2025
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  • Overview
  • 1 Diagnosis and assessment of epilepsy
  • 2 Information and support
  • 3 Referral to tertiary specialist services
  • 4 Principles of treatment, safety, monitoring and withdrawal
  • 5 Treating epileptic seizures in children, young people and adults
  • 6 Treating childhood-onset epilepsies
  • 7 Treating status epilepticus, repeated or cluster seizures, and prolonged seizures
  • 8 Non-pharmacological treatments
  • 9 Psychological, neurobehavioural, cognitive and developmental comorbidities in epilepsy
  • 10 Reducing the risk of epilepsy-related death including sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
  • 11 Service provision and transition
  • Terms used in this guideline
  • Recommendations for research
  • Rationale and impact
  • Context
  • Finding more information and committee details
  • Update information

Finding more information and committee details

To find NICE guidance on related topics, including guidance in development, see the NICE topic page on epilepsy.

For full details of the evidence and the guideline committee's discussions, see the evidence reviews. You can also find information about how the guideline was developed, including details of the committee.

NICE has produced tools and resources to help you put this guideline into practice. For general help and advice on putting our guidelines into practice, see resources to help you put NICE guidance into practice.


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