Families and epileptic fits--fit for a family

The author gives a clinical description of an epileptic young girl who consults a psychiatrist in order to assess her troubles of social and school adaptation. Meeting the family makes it possible to single out several critical phenomena. These crises overlap, confusing the questions and the answers medical and psychological competence can suggest. Intergrating the family's resources, the neurologist's skills and the family psychotherapist's proficiency will supply adequate answers as soon as the questions are organized into a coherent system, in which the unknown will nevertheless have its place.