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A fantastic new book on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures “In our words” and why some health professionals should read it| Jun 20th, 2018
This blog post has two parts to it. The first part will talk about a wonderful new book called “In Our Words” edited by Markus Reuber, Gregg Rawlings and Steven C. Schachter and which features testimonials of those living with PNES from around the world.  It can be pre-ordered on Amazon with official...
Posted by on Apr 10th, 2018 in News | 1 comment

Raising PNES awareness

Every so often, I have an invited writer contribute something relevant to PNES on this blog.  Recently, I heard from John Dougherty, author of “Lowering the Shield: Overcoming Psychogenic...
Posted by on Mar 24th, 2018 in News | 0 comments

Book recommendation: Trauma and Recovery-The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political ...

In 1992, Dr. Herman published this groundbreaking book that, over the years, has helped educate countless clinicians who treat traumatized individuals. I believe I came upon this first edition in 1995.  The...
Posted by on Feb 12th, 2018 in News | 13 comments

Upcoming annual conference on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures 2018-we need your input

The date has now been announced: October 20th, 2018 from 8:30AM-4PM The place has also been announced: Malcolm Forbes Auditorium Morristown Medical Center 100 Madison Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960 Now, all we...
Posted by on Jan 20th, 2018 in News | 0 comments

A firefighter diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and post-traumatic stress dis...

Yesterday, an article in print and video format came out in which a Canadian firefighter describes the long road he traveled with his diagnosis of PNES. In it, he explains how he started to have problems after...
Posted by on Dec 5th, 2017 in News | 3 comments

Dis-sociated: A documentary about psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

Dis-sociated- is a documentary by Clea Martin Vargas Dis-sociated will be a feature length documentary about Dissociative Seizures, also known as Non-epileptic Attack Disorder (NEAD) or...
Posted by on Nov 4th, 2017 in News | 5 comments

Fourth annual psychogenic non-epileptic seizures conference in New Jersey

This year we had the pleasure of holding what has now become a tradition: our annual conference on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES)—our fourth annual conference! Some things were new this year...

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