Somatization, dissociation and general psychopathology in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 159-167

  Reuber, Markus ^a   House, Allan O ^b   Pukrop, Ralf ^c   Bauer, Jürgen ^d   Elger, Christian E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Epilepsy; Psychogenic non epileptic seizures; Psychopathology; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SEIZURE; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0842287489     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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