Hello, My Name Is Epilepsy: How Terminology Influences Stigma and Understanding of Epilepsy Around the World

The terminology associated with epilepsy both stems from and feeds into the misinformation surrounding the condition. The word daura is associated with insanity, so many people in India see epilepsy, or mirgi, as a mental illness. And until 1999, the Hindu marriage statute equated epilepsy with insanity, declaring both conditions as grounds for divorce.

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