Functional neurological disorders - acute presentations and management [PDF]
, 2018 Functional neurological disorders (FND) are common and associated with significant morbidity and healthcare costs. Patients with FND often present acutely, particularly with dissociative seizures (resembling epilepsy) or persistent weakness resembling a ...
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Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 2020 Introduction: Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) present difficulties in diagnosis and management and facilities to manage these children vary greatly.
Geetha Anand +5 more
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Non-epileptic attack disorder: the importance of diagnosis and treatment [PDF]
, 2017 A 50-year-old woman was taken to hospital by emergency ambulance during her first seizure. She was admitted to hospital, treated with intravenous diazepam, diagnosed with epilepsy and started on antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy.
Bissell, Paul +5 more
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Diurnal patterns and relationships between physiological and self-reported stress in patients with epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose: Patients with epilepsy and those with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) experience high levels of stress and stress is one of the most frequently self-identified seizure precipitants.
Harris, Peter +2 more
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What patients say about living with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A systematic synthesis of qualitative studies. [PDF]
, 2016 PURPOSE: This is a narrative systematic synthesis of qualitative research investigating patients' accounts of living with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES).
Rawlings, G.H., Reuber, M.
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Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures in Adolescence: Case Report [PDF]
, 2021 Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures are a functional neurological disorder characterized by transient alterations in sensory-motor control and a lack of response to external stimulus, resembling epileptic seizures, but with distinctive semiologic ...
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Gender differences in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures [PDF]
Seizure, 2005 To determine whether male and female populations of patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are similar, in terms of demographic and social factors, aetiological factors, the clinical characteristics of events and path to diagnosis.Prospective study by semi-structured interview of 160 consecutive patients (117 female and 43 male) with ...
Oto, M. +4 more
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Written accounts of living With epilepsy or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A thematic comparison [PDF]
, 2018 This study examines the subjective experience of living with epilepsy or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) by thematically comparing individuals' written accounts of their condition. Five key differences emerged.
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures and psychoanalytical treatment: results [PDF]
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2014 Background: the occurrence of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) is estimated to be between 2 to 33 cases in every 100,000 inhabitants. The number of patients with PNES reaches 19% of those treated as epileptics.
Santos, Niraldo de Oliveira +4 more
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Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2018 The association between emotional stimuli and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is largely unknown. Here, we report the case of a depressed, 50-year-old female complaining of episodes of a “spaced out” experience precipitated by emotional stimuli. Psychogenic
Hidetaka Tamune +5 more
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