Current Research in Neuroscience1996-3408xxxx-xxxxAcademic Journals Inc.10.3923/crn.2011.1.14AhmadM. 1201111People With Epilepsy (PWE) and their families often face a very common aspect of this neurological disease epilepsy, known as Epilepsy Stigma (ES). ES is considered to be one of the most important factors that have a negative influence on PWE. It is a commonly encountered global issue among PWE in all cultures. ES may have deleterious effect on the patients life more than the disease of epilepsy itself. It is the prime duty of all health professionals to try and manage ES in order to improve the quality of life of PWE not only by controlling the seizures, but also by fighting the myths and disbelief of stigma and managing the disease with a better approach. Stigma in PWE can be encountered and dealt with by diverse specialties in health profession including physicians, surgeons, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists and nurses. Unfortunately this important issue of ES is addressed primarily in specialized journals like Epilepsy Research, Epilepsia, Epilepsy and Behavior, Seizure and Social Science Medicine which are read by professionals interested mainly in epileptiology or social sciences, whereas the actual problem of ES and its management remains neglected and does not reach the common readers and the non-scientific communities which form a major part of the society in any culture or country. Thus, there is an obvious need that this issue should be addressed in simple language in journals targeting readers of different specialties and interests through publishing articles on ES in popular magazines and dailies of the local areas globally.]]>Agarwal, P., M.M. Mehndiratta, A.R. Antony, N. Kumar, R.N. Dwivedi, P. Sharma and S. Kumar,200615409415Al-Adawi, S., S. Al-Isamily, R. Martin, A. Al-Naamani, K. Al-Riyamy, M. Al-Maskari and A. Al-Hussani,20014214761781Arida, R.M., E.A. 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