Psychopathology and quality of life: Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures versus epilepsy

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^a   Szaflarski, Magdalena ^a   Hughes, Cindy ^a   Ficker, David M ^a   Cahill, William T ^a   Privitera, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epilepsy; Health related quality of life (HRQOL); Mood disturbance; Psychogenic non epileptic seizures (PNES)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOGENIC NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0037545681     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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