Epilepsy is a neurological condition that affects patients and their family behavior and well-being often leading to social withdrawn. For this reason, it is important that people learn about epilepsy, and which are the social implications on the lives of people with epilepsy stop them of being victims of the stigma in the community. This article aims to show the importance of working with groups in epilepsy. We try to provide basic guidelines towards achieving effective results. The group dynamics improves the interpersonal relationships, focusing the treatment of their problems and difficulties, especially in chronic diseases. Our experience has shown that this intervention has a great potential to provide well-being, reducing the people's anxiety and ultimately providing improvement in the quality of life and reduction of the felt stigma.103171174Fernandes, P.T., Souza, E.A.P., Identification of family variables in parent's groups of children with epilepsy (2001) Arquivos de Neuropsiquiatria, 59 (4), pp. 854-858Baker, G.A., The psychosocial burden of epilepsy (2002) Epilepsia, 43 (6), pp. 26-30www.aspebrasil.org, ASPEPalmini, A., Costa, J.C., Introdução à epileptologia clínica e classificação das epilepsias e crises epilépticas (1998) Fundamentos neurobiológicos das epilepsias: Aspectos clínicos e cirúrgicos, pp. 149-161. , Costa JC, Palmini A, Yacubian EMT, Cavalheiro EA, editors:, São Paulo. Lemos editorial;Guerreiro, C.A.M., Guerreiro, M.M., (1999) Epilepsia: O paciente otimamente controlado, , São Paulo: Lemos editorial;, 83pGoldstein, J., Seidenberg, M., Peterson, R., Fear of seizures and behavioral functioning in adults with epilepsy (1990) Journal of Epilepsy, 3, pp. 101-106Scambler, G., Hopkins, A., Being epileptic: Coming to terms with stigma (1986) Sociology of health and illness, 8, pp. 26-43Fernandes, P.T., Souza, E.A.P., Procedimento educativo na epilepsia infantil (2001) Estudos de Psicologia, 6 (1), pp. 115-120Baker, G.A., Jacoby, A., Buck, D., Stalgis, C., Monnet, D., Quality of Life of people with epilepsy: An European study (1997) Epilepsia, 38 (3), pp. 353-362Gumnit, R.J., (1997) Living well with epilepsy, , New York: Demos Vermande;, 249pGuerreiro, M.M., Silva, E.A., Scotoni, A.E., Souza, E.A.P., Qualidade de vida em epilepsia na infância (1994) Jornal da Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia, 7 (1), pp. 21-26Fernandes, P.T., Souza, E.A.P., Grupos de pais na epilepsia infantil: Uma visão psicológica (2003) Journal of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, 9 (4), pp. 225-229Guerreiro, C.A.M., Guerreiro, M.M., Cendes, F., Lopes-Cendes, I., (1999) Epilepsia, , São Paulo, Lemos Editorial;Guerreiro CAM, Guerreiro MM. Epilepsia - 50 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). São Paulo, EPM (Editora de Produtos Médicos)2004Revistas, A.S.P.E., Sem Crise, , www.aspebrasil. org, Disponível emRevista ComCiência (Neurociências: Epilepsia 200234). Disponível em: 〈www.comciencia.br/reportagens/epilepsia
