A comparative study of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder prevalence in epilepsy patients and psychogenic nonepileptic seizure patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 447-452

  Rosenberg, Harriet J ^a,b   Rosenberg, Stanley D ^a   Williamson, Peter D ^a   Wolford II, George L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Epilepsy; NES; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEIZURE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0034078360     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00187.x     Document Type: Article

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