Acceptability and effectiveness of a strategy for the communication of the diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-78

  Hall Patch, Lindsey ^a   Brown, Richard ^b   House, Allan ^a   Howlett, Stephanie ^c   Kemp, Steven ^d   Lawton, Gemma ^c   Mayor, Rebecca ^c   Smith, Phil ^e   Reuber, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Diagnosis; Illness perceptions; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Psychological treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEIZURES;

EID: 76249092472     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02099.x     Document Type: Article

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