Nondrug treatments for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: What's the evidence?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-377

  Brooks, Jayne L ^a   Goodfellow, Laura ^a   Bodde, Nynke M G ^b,c   Aldenkamp, Albert ^b,c   Baker, Gus A ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cochrane Review; Interventions; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM;

AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVERSION DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MASSAGE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SOMATIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748938761     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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