New publication about PNES In 2015, Kate Berger published a remarkable and influential work, View from the Floor: Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures: A Patient’s Perspective. Her candid, unfiltered account—marked by raw honesty, sharp wit, sarcasm, humor, and resilience—offered a powerful perspective that continues to resonate deeply with individuals living with PNES and those who care for […]
What is this?The Lorna Myers PNES Scholarship Fund is a dedicated financial aid program graciously administered by Epilepsy Alliance America and supported financially by Dr. Lorna Myers who donates all royalties from the sales of her book “Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A guide” to the scholarship. This scholarship supports students who reside in the US and
Functional seizures: Sanitized terminological shifts may seem progressive but can be harmful Late last year, an ILAE Task Force proposal (Hingray et al., 2025) was published, urging that the term “psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES)” be replaced with the new and improved “functional/dissociative seizures (F/DS).” It is my understanding that some of the ILAE task force
