Psychiatric comorbidity in veterans with psychogenic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-349

  Salinsky, Martin ^a,b   Evrard, Collette ^a   Storzbach, Daniel ^a   Pugh, Mary Jo ^c  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychogenic seizures; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868684621     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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