Brief outline of psychiatry; problems of diagnosis - non-epileptic atttackes; psychological and social consequences of epilepsy; counselling and other psychological management of the consequences of epilepsy; epilepsy as a psychosomatic disorder; relationship of epilepsy to psychiatric disorder (DSM IV); mental impairment and epilepsy; special problems in psychiatry relating to epilepsy; interaction between psychotropic and anti-epileptic medication - rational choices.