Hypnosis provoked pseudoseizures: A case report and literature review

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-53

  Zalsman, Gil ^a   Dror, Shachar ^a  

^a Geha Psychatric Hospital Natan Gadoth Meir General Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hypnosis; Prolactin; Pseudoseizures; Sexual abuse; Suggestion; Video EEG telemetry

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROLACTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LITERATURE; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOSEIZURE; PSYCHIATRIST; SEIZURE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUGGESTION; TELEMETRY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; PROLACTIN; SEIZURES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUGGESTION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0036301489     PISSN: 00029157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2002.10403497     Document Type: Article

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