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ArticleEpilepsy & behavior reports2024

Metaphoric language in the differential diagnosis of epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: Time to move forward.

Lina Urh, Daniele Piscitelli, Massimiliano Beghi, Silvia Diotti, Giuseppe Erba, Adriana Magaudda, Mikhail Zinchuk, Alla Guekht, Cesare Maria Cornaggia

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Lina UrhSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Daniele PiscitelliSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Massimiliano BeghiDepartment of Mental Health, AUSL Romagna, Cesena, Italy.
Silvia DiottiSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Giuseppe ErbaDepartment of Neurology, University of Rochester, USA.
Adriana MagauddaEpilepsy Centre, Neurological Clinic, University of Messina, Italy.
Mikhail ZinchukMoscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry of the Healthcare Department of Moscow, Moscow, Russia.
Alla GuekhtMoscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry of the Healthcare Department of Moscow, Moscow, Russia.
Cesare Maria CornaggiaSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

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Abstract

Conversation analysis (CA) to identify metaphoric language (ML) has been proposed as a tool for the differential diagnosis of epileptic (ES) and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). However, the clinical relevance of metaphoric conceptualizations is not clearly defined. The current study aims to investigate the ML utilized by individuals with ES and PNES in a pulled multi-country sample. Two blinded researchers examined the transcripts and videos of 54 interviews of individuals (n = 29, Italy; n = 11, USA; n = 14, Russia) with ES and PNES, identifying the patient-seizure relationship representative of the patient's internal experience. The diagnoses were based on video-EEG. Metaphors were classified as "Space/place", "External force", "Voluntary action", and "Other". A total of 175 metaphors were identified. No differences between individuals with ES and PNES were found in metaphoric occurrence (χ

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Conversation analysisEpileptic seizuresMetaphorsNonepileptic seizuresPsychogenic seizures

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