Recent progress in the understanding and treatment of nonepileptic seizures

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-250

  Reuber, Markus ^a   Mayor, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cause; conversion disorder; dissociative disorder; psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; FOLLOW UP; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WORKING MEMORY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEIZURES;

EID: 84859304436     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283523db6     Document Type: Review

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