Patient Education

Patient Education and Support

Featured Educational Links

• The Brain Matters – This comprehensive resource from the American Academy of Neurology is trustworthy, unbiased information written by neurologists to enhance patients’ and their caregivers’ understanding of their neurologic conditions.
• The United States National Library of Medicine

Educational Information from our Physicians

• The Stroke Prevention Pyramid
• Triptans for Migraine
• MS Treatment Strategies
• EMG Exam Handout
• Anti-seizure Drugs

Patient Education Articles
The following links provide patient-friendly information by neurologychannel, a physician-monitored resource.

• ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Back pain
• Bell’s palsy
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cephalic disorders
• Cerebral palsy
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
• Chronic pain
• Coma
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• Dementia
• Dystonia
• Encephalitis
• Epilepsy/Seizure disorders
• Essential tremor
• Fibromyalgia
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Headaches
• Hemifacial spasm
• Huntington’s disease
• Hydrocephalus
• Lyme disease
• Meningitis
• Migraines
• Movement disorders
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
• Mutisystem atrophy
• Myasthenia gravis
• Myopathies
• Nervous system tumors
• Neurofibromatosis
• Neuropathy
• Normal pressure hydrocephalus
• Parkinson’s disease
• Restless legs syndrome/Periodic limb movement disorder
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
• Sleep disorders
• Spinal cord injury
• Stress
• Stroke
• Tourette syndrome
• Traumatic brain injury
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Vertigo/dizziness

Diagnostics

• CT Scan
• MRI Scan
• Neurodiagnostics tests
• Neurological exam

Treatment Options

• Botulinum Toxin Therapy (BOTOX)
• Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Support Organizations

Hotlines

• National Child Abuse Hotline (800-422-4453)
• The National Domestic Violence Hotline (800-799-7233)
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800-273-8255)
• Poison Control (800-222-1222)

Attention Deficit Disorder 

• ADD Resources
• Children and Adults with ADD (CHADD)

ALS 

• ALS Association

Alzheimer's Disease 

• Alzheimer’s Association
• Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR)
• American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
• American Health Assistance Foundation
• Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living
• Eldercare Locator
• Ethnic Elders Care

Aphasia 

• National Aphasia Association

Ataxia 

• National Ataxia Foundation (NFA)

Autism 

• Autism Research Institute
• Growing Minds Autism Program
• Interactive Autism Network
• Autism Treatment Center of America Son-Rise Program

Brain Injury 

• Brain Injury Association, Inc.

Cerebral Palsy 

• BlazeSports
• United Cerebral Palsy

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, Inc.

Dystonia 

• Dystonia Medical Research Foundation (DMRF)

Epilepsy 

• The Epilepsy Foundation

Fibromyalgia 

• National Fibromyalgia Association

Guillain-Barre Syndrome 

• Guillain-Barre Syndrome Foundation International

Headache/Migraine 

• American Council for Headache Education (ACHE)
• National Headache Foundation
• World Headache Alliance

Hemifacial Spasm

• Hemifacial Spasm Association

Huntington's Disease 

• Caring for People with Huntington’s Disease
• Huntington’s Disease Society of America

Lyme Disease 

• American Lyme Disease Foundation
• Lyme Disease: A Patient’s Guide
• Lyme Disease Info

Multiple Sclerosis 

• Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA)
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Movement Disorders

• WE MOVE

Muscular Dystrophy 

• Muscular Dystrophy Association

Myasthenia Gravis 

• Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGF)

Neurofibromatosis 

• Neurofibromatosis, Inc.
• The Children’s Tumor Foundation

Neuropathy 

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association
• The Neuropathy Association

Pain Management  

• American Chronic Pain Association, Inc. (ACPA)
• Spine Health

Parkinson's Disease 

• American Parkinson Disease Association
• Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
• National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.
• Parkinson’s Disease Foundation

Restless Leg Syndrome

• Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation

Spasmodic Dystonia/Torticollis 

• National Spasmodic Dystonia Association (NSDA) 
• National Spasmodic Torticollis Association (NSTA)

Stem Cells 

• Stem Cell Information

Stroke 

• American Stroke Association
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• National Stroke Association

Tourette Syndrome 

• Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.

Tremor 

• International Tremor Foundation
• Tremor Action Network