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ReviewEpilepsia2026

Beyond the spike: Functional (dissociative) seizures as a key to holistic attitudes in seizure disorders.

Mahinda Yogarajah, Barbara Dworetzky, Josemir W Sander, Angel Aledo-Serrano

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Review in Epilepsia, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mahinda YogarajahDepartment of Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3509-3756
Barbara DworetzkyDepartment of Neurology, Edward B. Bromfield Epilepsy Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Josemir W SanderDepartment of Epilepsy, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6041-9661
Angel Aledo-SerranoEpilepsy and Functional Neurological Disorders Unit, Vithas Madrid University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/V037676/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epileptologists can improve outcomes through follow-up and coordination of care for patients with functional seizures. Epileptic and functional seizures share some mechanistic overlap involving interoceptive, emotional, and stress dysregulation, and disorders of agency and perception. Similar psychiatric and neurological comorbidities occur at comparable rates in both functional and epileptic seizure populations. A holistic, biopsychosocial approach benefits all seizure patients and reflects modern models of epilepsy care.

Indexed as

Dissociative DisordersEpilepsyHolistic HealthSeizuresHumansepilepsyepileptic seizuresfunctional/dissociative seizures

Identifiers

PMID40985906
PMCPMC12893246

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