ALLMedicine Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Center

May 11th, 2020 - Pediatric onset psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) is a highly disabling disorder and potentially misdiagnosed as epilepsy. Still, knowledge regarding PNES in children and adolescents is limited and data on both incidence and characteristics...

May 10th, 2020 - Identification of clinical features that might distinguish psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) from epileptic seizures (ES) is of value for diagnosis, management, and understanding of both conditions. Previous studies have shown that patients...

May 3rd, 2020 - Objective. Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), is one of the clinical manifestations of conversion disorder that epileptiform discharges do not accompany. Factors capable of increasing susceptibility to these seizures have not been adequatel...

Apr 22nd, 2020 - Opinions of healthcare professionals may shape their attitudes towards any given condition and patient population. The aim of the current study was to gather the views of healthcare providers on some of the issues on symptomatology and terminology...

Mar 27th, 2020 - Psychotherapy is recommended in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). To date, however, a limited number of studies have attempted to assess the long-term effectiveness of psychotherapy in patients with PNES. Here, we report the ...

May 11th, 2020 - Pediatric onset psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) is a highly disabling disorder and potentially misdiagnosed as epilepsy. Still, knowledge regarding PNES in children and adolescents is limited and data on both incidence and characteristics...

May 10th, 2020 - Identification of clinical features that might distinguish psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) from epileptic seizures (ES) is of value for diagnosis, management, and understanding of both conditions. Previous studies have shown that patients...

May 3rd, 2020 - Objective. Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), is one of the clinical manifestations of conversion disorder that epileptiform discharges do not accompany. Factors capable of increasing susceptibility to these seizures have not been adequatel...

Apr 22nd, 2020 - Opinions of healthcare professionals may shape their attitudes towards any given condition and patient population. The aim of the current study was to gather the views of healthcare providers on some of the issues on symptomatology and terminology...

Mar 27th, 2020 - Psychotherapy is recommended in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). To date, however, a limited number of studies have attempted to assess the long-term effectiveness of psychotherapy in patients with PNES. Here, we report the ...

Nov 27th, 2019 - In all, 55% of the patients were male, 43% were black, and 16% were Hispanic. The population was 39% children and adolescents, 48% adults aged 18-65 years, and 13% older than 65 years.

Dec 20th, 2018 - Diagnosing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) can prove challenging; using provocative induction is one way to detect the disorder. A recent experiment suggests that inducing seizures without the use of a placebo is just as effective as indu.

Dec 12th, 2018 - NEW ORLEANS — Patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) have a mortality rate that is more than two times higher than the general population and die at a rate comparable with that of patients who have drug-resistant epilepsy, new rese...

Dec 3rd, 2018 - NEW ORLEANS – Among patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, the risk of death is more than twice as great as among the general population, according to data presented at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society. Patients with P.

Sep 28th, 2018 - Neuropsychological testing may help differentiate epileptic seizures from psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) according to a study that evaluated data from 72 patients with epilepsy and 33 patients with PNES. In the past, psychometric testing.