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Pseudoseizures and dissociative disorders: a common mechanism involving traumatic experiences
- Source :
- Seizure. (2):151-155
- Publisher :
- Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Abstract
- Patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (pseudoseizures) have been diagnosed as having conversion disorder or dissociative disorder. Pseudoseizure patients frequently report a history of physical and sexual abuse, and traumatic experience is considered part of the mechanism for producing dissociation. Pseudoseizures may be a manifestation of dissociative disorder, especially when a history of sexual or physical abuse is documented. A common mechanism involving traumatic experience may be present in both pseudoseizures and dissociative disorders. A complete neurodiagnostic evaluation along with an awareness of this relationship is needed to provide appropriate care for this patient population.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class
Clinical Neurology
Dissociative
Dissociation (psychology)
Diagnosis, Differential
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
pseudoseizures
Epilepsy
Seizures
medicine
Humans
Psychogenic disease
Dissociative disorders
Psychiatry
Conversion disorder
Monitoring, Physiologic
Patient Care Team
Electroencephalography
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
dissociative disorders
Physical abuse
Conversion Disorder
Neurology
Sexual abuse
epilepsy
Female
Neurology (clinical)
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10591311
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Seizure
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....aef1dd68835089a744c022131edfc00d
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S1059-1311(97)80070-2