Psycho-social stigmatization of people with epilepsy from the perspective of public

Abstract

This bachelor thesis is about epilepsy and about attitudes towards people with epilepsy and stigmatization from perspective of public. The theoretical part is divided to four chapters. The first one focuses on general clarification of terms which are related to epilepsy. In the chapter two there is analyzed psycho-social impact of epilepsy. The two following chapters deal with public attitudes towards the people who suffer from epilepsy and the connection between stigma and epilepsy. The practical part includes a research. This research was externalized using quantitative method in form of questionnaires and its aim was to find out the degree of stigmatization of people with epilepsy from the perspective of public and also to detect the public attitudes towards the people suffering from epilepsy