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Consciousness in non-epileptic attack disorder [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD) is one of the most important differential diagnoses of epilepsy. Impairment of consciousness is the key feature of non-epileptic attacks (NEAs).
Kurthen, M., Reuber, M.
core   +1 more source

Functional seizures: An evaluation of the attitudes of general practitioners local to a tertiary neuroscience service in London. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Objective: Functional seizures are a common functional neurologic disorder. Given their chronic nature, and the biopsychosocial factors involved in their etiology, general practitioners (GPs) play a crucial role in the care of these patients.
Aatti   +37 more
core   +1 more source

School bullying: an increasingly recognized etiology for psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: report of two cases

open access: yesInternational Journal of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2019
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are seizure-like episodes that are not associated with changes on electroencephalogram. They are the result of a wide range of possible psychological stressors including being a victim of bullying.
Laila Alhafez, Amira Masri
doaj   +1 more source

Work difficulties, work restrictions, and disability benefits in people with functional seizures: A survey study

open access: yesEpilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2023
Purpose: Functional seizures (FS) cause significant long-term disability and clinicians offer differing views on proper work restrictions and qualifications for disability benefits in this population.
Jared Woodward   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Video-EEG long term monitoring as a new service at Mater Dei Hospital [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Introduction: Video-EEG long-term monitoring (LTM) was introduced into Mater Dei Hospital (MDH) in May 2012. The audit aims to evaluate LTM in terms of diagnostic outcomes and impact on patient management.
Aquilina, Josanne   +4 more
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Clinical briefing : functional neurological symptom disorder [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Functional neurological symptom disorder (FNSD), also known as somatoform or conversion disorder, is a relatively common neurological condition. The symptoms vary, and can include both motor and sensory neurological signs.
Ratcliffe, SM
core   +2 more sources

Multidimensional Profiling of MRI‐Negative Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Uncovers Distinct Phenotypes

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Although hippocampal sclerosis (TLE‐HS) represents the most frequent cause of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), up to 30% of patients show no lesion on visual MRI inspection (TLE‐MRIneg). These cases pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and are underrepresented in surgical series.
Alice Ballerini   +28 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epilepsy and other seizure disorders in acute psychiatric inpatients

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2021
Background It is well known that patients with epilepsy have a high rate of psychiatric comorbidity. However, studies exploring epilepsy in psychiatric cohorts are scarce.
Erlend Iversen Nakken   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying the impact of a computer‐aided diagnostic score on the clinical diagnosis of functional seizures

open access: yesEpilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective The diagnosis of functional/dissociative seizures (FDS) without ictal video‐electroencephalography is challenging. The Functional/Dissociative Seizures Likelihood Score (FSLS) is a machine learning‐based diagnostic score that aims to help clinicians identify FDS.
Wesley T. Kerr   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional non-epileptic attacks: essential information for psychiatrists [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Functional non-epileptic attacks (FNEA) are seizure-like events occurring in the absence of epilepsy. Having had many different names over the years including dissociative convulsions and pseudo-seizures, they now fall in the borderland between neurology
Agrawal, N, Sheldon, RJG
core   +1 more source

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