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Right temporoparietal junction transcranial direct current stimulation in the treatment of functional dissociative seizures: a case series
Functional dissociative seizures (FDSs) are clinical events that resemble epileptic seizures but are not associated with abnormal brain electrical...
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Functional Nonepileptic Seizures: Diagnosis, Comorbidity, Pathophysiology, and Management
Purpose of ReviewThe diagnosis and treatment of functional nonepileptic seizures are challenging, in part related to a lack of familiarity with the...
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Treatment of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
Purpose of ReviewPsychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are the most common Functional Neurological Disorder/Conversion Disorder subtype....
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) in the context of concurrent epilepsy – making the right diagnosis
Epilepsy is a risk factor for the development of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and comorbid epilepsy is recognized as a comorbidity in...
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Characteristics and outcomes of children with dissociative (conversion) disorders in western China: a retrospective study
BackgroundDissociative (conversion) disorder in children is a complex biopsychosocial disorder with high rates of medical and psychiatric...
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Epileptic seizures in the emergency room: clinical and electroencephalographic findings associated with brain perfusion patterns on computed tomography
BackgroundDiagnosis of epileptic seizures, particularly regarding status epilepticus (SE), may be challenging in an emergency room setting. The aim...
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Sex Effects on Co**, Dissociation, and PTSD in Patients With Non-epileptic Seizures
Purpose of ReviewSex differences in non-epileptic seizures (NES) are of interest, as the diagnosis is more frequent in women than men (3:1 ratio)....
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Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures in Children and Adolescents
ContextThough psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are seen commonly during evaluation of children and adolescents with epilepsy, the literature...
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The impact of sexual abuse on psychopathology of patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
ObjectivesIn the present study, we evaluated if the presence of sexual abuse in the clinical history of patients with psychogenic non-epileptic...
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A review of seizures and epilepsy following traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the commonest presentations to emergency departments and is associated with seizures carrying different...
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Psychiatric adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination: a population-based cohort study in Seoul, South Korea
Evidence has suggested an increased risk of psychiatric manifestations following viral infections including coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)....
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Social cognition in Parkinson’s disease and functional movement disorders
IntroductionFunctional movement disorders (FMD) can overlap with Parkinson’s disease (PD), and distinguishing between the two clinical conditions can...
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Treating dissociative post-traumatic stress disorder presenting as a functional movement disorder with transcranial magnetic stimulation targeting the cingulate gyrus
A 29-year-old woman presented with head and neck dystonia, as well as functional seizures. The patient was an active military service member with a...
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Psychotherapeutische Behandlung von Menschen mit Störung der Intelligenzentwicklung und dissoziativen Anfällen
BackgroundPeople with intellectual development disorders often develop dissociative seizures. Psychotherapists are frequently uncertain about how to...
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Evaluation of a new body-focused group therapy versus a guided self-help group program for adults with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES): a pilot randomized controlled feasibility study
ObjectivePsychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), a common phenomenon in neurological settings, are regarded as a paroxysmal type of functional...
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Video-EEG-monitoring to guide antiseizure medication withdrawal
BackgroundDiscontinuing anti-seizure medication (ASM) should be considered in persons with epilepsy with long-term seizure freedom. Clinicians should...
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Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse zur Neuropsychologie dissoziativer Anfälle
Dissociative seizures are complex and often inadequately understood symptoms at the interface between physical and mental phenomena. This is...
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Incidence rates and characteristics of pediatric onset psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
BackgroundPediatric onset psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) is a highly disabling disorder and potentially misdiagnosed as epilepsy. Still,...
