Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A current overview

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1679-1689

  Dickinson, Philip ^a   Looper, Karl J ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Functional neurological disorders; Qualitative research; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESENSITIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY THERAPY; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SYMPTOM; VIDEO ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

CONVERSION DISORDER; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84867227193     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03606.x     Document Type: Review

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