Providers' perspectives on treating psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Frustration and hope

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 276-281

  McMillan, Katharine K ^a   Pugh, Mary Jo ^a   Hamid, Hamada ^b   Salinsky, Martin ^c   Pugh, Jacqueline ^a,d   Noël, Polly H ^a   Finley, Erin P ^a   Leykum, Luci K ^a   Lanham, Holly J ^e   LaFrance, W Curt ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Diagnosis; Nonepileptic seizures; Practitioners; Treatment; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; FRUSTRATION; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOPE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROLOGIST; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; UNCERTAINTY; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEIZURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEIZURES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84907061316     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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