Changing the diagnosis from epilepsy to PNES: Patients' experiences and understanding of their new diagnosis

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-46

  Karterud, Hilde Nordahl ^a,b   Knizek, Birthe Loa ^c   Nakken, Karl Otto ^b  

^a Division of Neuroscience ^*  (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Illness perception; Mode of communication; Patient perspective; Psychogenic non epileptic seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMOTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPILEPSY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RESPONSIBILITY; SEIZURE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73749085009     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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