Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

[摘要] Objective: All patients who exhibit seizure-like behavior cannot be evaluated by video-electroencephalography if their routine EEGs are negative, as this would be impractical and cost-prohibitive. The present article reviews a decision-making process that can be used for determining if further neurological evaluation is needed, the differential diagnoses and potential comorbidities involved when making this determination, and an approach to conveying the psychogenic nonepileptic seizure diagnosis to the patient that may help reduce symptom frequency.

[学科分类] 精神健康和精神病学

[关键词] psychogenic seizures;nonepileptic seizures;dissociation;psychogenic seizures