Multicenter pilot treatment trial for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A randomized clinical trial

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 997-1005

  LaFrance, W Curt ^a,b   Baird, Grayson L ^a,b,c   Barry, John J ^d   Blum, Andrew S ^a   Webb, Anne Frank ^b   Keitner, Gabor I ^a   Machan, Jason T ^a,b   Miller, Ivan ^a   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^e,f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SERTRALINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVERSION DISORDER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEIZURES;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONVERSION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SEIZURES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907016516     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.817     Document Type: Article

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