Ictal symptoms of anxiety, avoidance behaviour, and dissociation in patients with dissociative seizures

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 616-621

  Goldstein, L H ^a   Mellers, J D C ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEIZURES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 33646903749     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.066878     Document Type: Article

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