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Neurobehavioral comorbidities affect the quality of life of people living with epilepsy and can be more problematic to daily functioning than seizures themselves. Such comorbidities are present at higher rates in children with epilepsy than in generally healthy children (Lancet Neurol 2008; 7:151) and those with other chronic medical conditions (Rutter M et al. A Neuropsychiatric Study in Childhood [Clinics in Developmental Medicine]. J. B. Lippincott Co; 1970). In this open-label, randomized, controlled trial, researchers tested a standardized telemedicine intervention of up to 20 sessions, plus 2 booster sessions, using the Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy (MICE), provided by clinicians not formally trained in psychol…