Examined educational, psychosocial, and psychiatric outcomes among adolescent epileptics. 101 epileptics (aged 14-24 yrs) attending a neurology clinic in northern Jordan completed interviews. Results show that age- and sex-matched control Ss had attained significantly higher education levels than had epileptic Ss. Epileptic Ss were more disadvantaged in their living circumstances, including potentially unnecessary dependency on parents in some activities of daily living. Epileptic Ss displayed significantly higher symptoms of anxiety and depression than did controls. These psychiatric symptoms, particularly anxiety symptoms, were more likely to happen when seizures had not been properly controlled by medication. Findings suggest that overprotective parental behavior towards epileptic children may delay psychosocial maturation. It is concluded that counselling both epileptic patients and their parents about epilepsy is an important factor in the control of seizures and their sequelae.