Stressful life event appraisal and coping in patients with psychogenic seizures and those with epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 282-287

  Testa, S Marc ^a,b   Krauss, Gregory L ^b   Lesser, Ronald P ^b   Brandt, Jason ^b  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Epilepsy; Psychogenic seizures; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CONVERSION DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 84859420594     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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