Coughlan B J
Research psychologist, Brothers of Charity Services, Limerick.
Ment Health Care. 1997 Sep;1(1):25-8.
Epilepsy is frequently associated with learning disability, and can add considerably to the difficulties this client group experiences. However behavioural and daily living difficulties can be exacerbated by the seemingly common practice of polypharmacy, as this small-scale study shows. Barry Coughlan calls for further, detailed research into the appropriate administration of anti-convulsant drugs to children and adults with learning disabilities and epilepsy.
癫痫常常与学习障碍相关联，会给这一客户群体所面临的困难显著“加码”。然而，正如这项小规模研究所显示的，多药联用这种看似常见的做法会加剧行为和日常生活方面的困难。巴里·库夫兰呼吁针对学习障碍合并癫痫的儿童和成人抗惊厥药物的合理使用开展进一步的详细研究。
