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Drumroll…. Fifth Annual Conference on Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) will be taking place this October!| Aug 10th, 2018
Five years ago, at the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group, we took a leap into the unknown and organized our first ever PNES conference for patient and caregivers. Just days before the conference was to take place, we were understandably nervous.  We wondered if anyone would even show up, if there was any...
Posted by on Jun 20th, 2018 in News | 1 comment

A fantastic new book on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures “In our words” and why some h...

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...
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 | 14 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...

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