Relationship between semiology of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profile

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-111

  Griffith, Nathan M ^a   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^b,c,d   Schefft, Bruce K ^a,b,c   Isaradisaikul, David ^b   Meckler, Jason M ^b   McNally, Kelly A ^a   Privitera, Michael D ^b,c,d  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Cincinnati Epilepsy Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Psychological profile; Psychopathology; Seizure semiology

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATATONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYSTERIA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYSTERIA; MMPI; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447647466     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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