Emotional trauma and abuse in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 331-333

  Proença, Inah Carolina Galatro Faria ^a   Castro, Luiz Henrique Martins ^a   Jorge, Carmen Lisa ^a   Marchetti, Renato Luiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child abuse history; Diagnosis; Dissociative disorders; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Seizures; Video electroencephalography recording

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; NEGLECT; ONSET AGE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SEXUAL ABUSE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 79951682135     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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