Second annual psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) conference for patients and loved ones in October 2015 in New Jersey

  For several years, I had been hoping to have a conference on psychogenic seizures but when I had brought this up, I was met with doubts.  It was thought that there might not be enough interest in the topic of PNES and it was predicted that we might end up standing alone in an empty conference room.  Despite these concerns, last year, we decided to go ahead and hold our first annual conference on PNES in New...

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: why do we call them “psychogenic” and should we call them “seizures?”

In March of 2011, I blogged about an important topic: what is the proper name for “psychogenic seizures.”  Recently, there has been a renewed interest in how we call this condition.  In particular, the question that has arisen is whether the word “seizures” should be in the label.  In addition, there are a number of patients who reject the term “psychogenic.” The current scientific term for this...