Comparisons of childhood trauma, alexithymia, and defensive styles in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures vs. epilepsy: Implications for the etiology of conversion disorder

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-146

  Kaplan, Marcia J ^a   Dwivedi, Alok K ^d   Privitera, Michael D ^c   Isaacs, Kelly ^b   Hughes, Cynthia ^c   Bowman, Michelle ^c  

^a Cincinnati Center for Psychoanalysis   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Childhood trauma; Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; Conversion disorder; Defensive styles; Psychogenic non epileptic seizures; Toronto Alexithymia Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

ALEXITHYMIA; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEFENSIVE STYLES; PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84881023244     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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