Group psychoeducation as treatment for psychological nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 587-592

  Zaroff, Charles M ^a   Myers, Lorna ^a   Barr, William B ^a   Luciano, Daniel ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping skills; Depression; Group psychotherapy; Nonepileptic seizures; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychoeducation; Psychological nonepileptic seizures; Quality of life; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043152953     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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