Primary care and emergency physician attitudes and beliefs related to patients with psychogenic nonepileptic spells

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 243-247

  Shneker, Bassel F ^a   Elliott, John O ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Management; Physician; Primary care; Pseudoseizure; Psychogenic nonepileptic spells; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SPELL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES;

EID: 46549083874     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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