What is "treatment as usual" for nonepileptic seizures?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 388-394

  LaFrance Jr , W Curt ^a   Rusch, Mark D ^b   Machan, Jason T ^c  

^a Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Nonepileptic seizures; Practice; Pseudoseizures; Treatment; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEIZURE; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED STATES;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40849116123     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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