Treatment of nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 19-23

  LaFrance Jr , W Curt ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined treatment; Hysterical seizures; Nonepileptic attack disorder; Nonepileptic seizures; Pseudoepilepsy; Pseudoseizures; Psychogenic; Psychotheraopy; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0036816649     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1525-5069(02)00505-4     Document Type: Review

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