Optimism, pessimism, and neuropsychological performance across semiology-based subtypes of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 478-484

  Griffith, Nathan M ^a   Smith, Kristen M ^a   Schefft, Bruce K ^a,b,c   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^b,c,d   Privitera, Michael D ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (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

Neuropsychology; Optimism; Pessimism; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Subtype

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATATONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OPTIMISM; PERSONALITY; PESSIMISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ALDEHYDE OXIDASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 50849098151     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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