Patients' and neurologists' perception of epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 708-717

  Whitehead, Kimberley ^a   Kandler, Rosalind ^b   Reuber, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b Western Bank   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Epilepsy; Illness perception; Illness representation; Neurology; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONVERSION DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875872110     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12087     Document Type: Article

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