Evaluation of dissociative experiences and the clinical utility of the Dissociative Experience Scale in patients with coexisting epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 491-494

  Ito, Masumi ^a,b   Adachi, Naoto ^b,c   Okazaki, Mitsutoshi ^b   Kato, Masaaki ^b,d   Onuma, Teiichi ^d  

^a Tenshi Hospital   (Japan)

^b National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Japan)

^c Adachi Mental Clinic   (Japan)

^d Musashino Kokubunji Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coexisting epilepsy; Diagnostic tool; Dissociation; Dissociative Experience Scale; Nonclinical individual; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCE SCALE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350621227     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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