2025 Volume 43 Issue 1 Pages 20-31
The varied symptoms and historical context of epilepsy frequently lead to misinterpretation, resulting in enduring stigma that diminishes sufferers' quality of life (QOL). Recent initiatives by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) have enhanced public awareness. In Japan and other regions of Asia, cultural stigma persists, obstructing social engagement for sufferers. To address this issue, we developed "EpiloBot," an AI chatbot that provides unbiased access to crucial information. The intervention made patients better at understanding and thinking about jobs, which shows that natural language processing (NLP) can be used to help people in a variety of situations. Nonetheless, obstacles persist in mitigating self-stigma, underscoring the necessity for the evaluation of long-term interventions. Future projects should look into how well different types of psychosocial interventions work, such as technology that is run by AI, and they should do research all over the country to create an environment where people with epilepsy and their supporters can interact with others without being judged.
