Epilepsy beyond seizures: embracing a holistic perspective. Proceedings of the 2nd meeting (Episicily) of the epilepsy study group of the Italian Society of neurology

The purpose of the second meeting of the Epilepsy Study Group of the Italian Society of Neurology, held in Sicily, Italy, and titled “Episicily” was on a new holistic approach to people with epilepsy. The most important points that the experts at the conference addressed and considered significant were the modern clinical approach of a physician dedicated to epilepsy that requests multidisciplinary collaboration and a dynamic vision throughout new diagnostic procedures. Then, the new antiseizures medications and their peculiarities, the role of neuroinflammation and finally the bidirectional relationship with sleep disorders.