[Socio-cultural aspects of grand mal epilepsy in Dakarians: investigation on knowledge, attitudes and practice]. / Aspects socio-culturels de l'épilepsie grand mal en milieu Dakarois: enquête sur les connaissances, attitudes et pratiques.

Epilepsy "grand Mal" is well known since antiquity. Préjudices make epileptic patients look like mythic and mystic person out of circuits of production and consumption. We wanted to evaluate the persistence of such prejudices among the "dakarian" (Senegal) with a questionnaire about knowledges, attitudes and practices on epilepsy. We find a decrease of such prejudices and a good tolerance of the epileptic patient.