Dissociation and childhood abuse history in epileptic and pseudoseizure patients

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-192

  Akyuz, Gamze ^a   Kugu, Nesim ^a   Akyuz, Aytekin ^a   Doǧan, Orhan ^a,b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Psikiyatri ABD ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood abuse; Dissociation; Epilepsy; Pseudoseizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOSEIZURE; SEIZURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 7944235185     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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