This won’t be a surprise to many patients who have been diagnosed with PNES but some of you may be astonished to read: Very little if anything. Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures can go misdiagnosed for an average of 7.2 years.1 In an attempt to remedy this devastating delay, the National Association of Epilepsy Centers-NAEC has established […]
I must receive an average of 10 emails a week from across the US from persons diagnosed with psychogenic seizures (PNES), family members, nurses, and sometimes therapists. I try very hard to respond to every one as fully as I can, including links and other resources and as quickly as I can because I feel
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: What a Psychologist needs to know Read More »
For 14 years, ever since I first met my first patient diagnosed with PNES, I have known that PNES falls clearly within the scope of practice of psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychotherapists. These are the professionals who should be working with this group of patients and who can help them. A major obstacle however is that
