The treatment of nonepileptic seizures: Historical perspectives and future directions

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 15-21

  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; Diagnosis; Hysterical seizures; None pileptic attack disorder; Nonepileptic seizures; Pharmacotherapy; Pseudoepilepsy; Pseudoseizures; Psychogenic; Psychotherapy; Serotonin; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONVERSION DISORDER; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEIZURES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042769572     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.452002.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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