[Multi-professional epilepsy teams including psychiatric expertise]. / Multiprofessionella epilepsiteam med psykiatrisk kompetens - Samarbete ger förutsättningar för kvalitet och effektivitet i vården.

Epilepsy has a diverse spectrum of consequences that can necessitate multi-professional cooperation in order to guarantee a high level of care. Psychiatric comorbidity is common, which influences quality of life, seizure control and mortality. Multi-professional teams, with participation from neurology, psychiatry, psychology, occupational therapy and social work, can together tailor the individual care for patients with complex needs. Close cooperation among team members increases quality and efficiency of care and reassurance for patients and their relatives while decreasing the work load for individual team members.