ReviewNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2021
Updated Review on the Diagnosis and Primary Management of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizure Disorders.
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- Hemorrhage Accompanying Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizure During Cesarean Section: A Case Report.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Preliminary Findings from a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures.Neurology international · 2025Article
- Existence of Dynamic Functional Connectivity Variations of Brain Networks in Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures Through Resting-state Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Journal of biomedical physics & engineering · 2025Article
- Comorbidities Across Functional Neurological Disorder Subtypes: A Comprehensive Narrative Synthesis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Dissociative seizures mimicking epileptic seizures: diagnostic challenges in a case with atypical eye movements.Acta epileptologica · 2025Article
- Role of childhood trauma in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: a report from China.Acta epileptologica · 2025Article
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- A Comprehensive Overview of the Current Status and Advancements in Various Treatment Strategies against Epilepsy.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2024Review
- MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Refractory Epilepsy: Where Are We Now?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures-High Mortality Rate Is a 'Wake-Up Call'.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Video-EEG-monitoring to guide antiseizure medication withdrawal.Neurological research and practice · 2023Article
- A Case Report of Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures in a 29-Year-Old Male With Schizophrenia.Cureus · 2023Article
- Editorial: Psychiatric comorbidities in patients with epilepsy: diagnosis and treatment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Attachment style of patients diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures at a tertiary Epilepsy Center in the Czech Republic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Randomized Trials of Psychotherapeutic Treatment for Psychogenic Seizures: Scoping Review.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2021Article
- Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A case series.Industrial psychiatry journal · 2021Article
- Functional seizures are not less important than epilepsy.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2021Review
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Abstract
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are paroxystic and episodic events associated with motor, sensory, mental or autonomic manifestations, which resemble epileptic seizures (ES), but are not caused by epileptogenic activity. PNES affect between 20% and 30% of patients attending at epilepsy centers and constitute a serious mental health problem. PNES are often underdiagnosed, undertreated and mistaken with epilepsy. PNES are diagnosed after medical causes (epilepsy, syncope, stroke, etc.) have been ruled out, and psychological mechanisms are involved in their genesis and perpetuation. For psychiatry, there is not a single definition for PNES; the DSM-IV and ICD-10/11 describe the conversion and dissociative disorders, and the DSM-5 describes the functional neurological disorders. However, patients with PNES also have a high frequency of other comorbidities like depression, particularly trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder. It has been postulated that PNES are essentially dissociations that operate as a defensive psychological mechanism that use the mind as a defense to deal with traumas. With the advent of VEEG in the 90s, the recognition of PNES has significantly increased, and several psychological treatments have been developed. In this manuscript, we carried out a state-of-the-art review, with the aim to provide a critical approach to the extensive literature about PNES, focusing on diagnostic aspects, the primary management, and the available treatments that have been shown to be effective for the improvement of PNES.
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