Challenges in the management of Psychogenic seizures: Are we playing a role in this?

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This weekend, I was reading a paper by Dr. Gaston Baslet and his colleagues (Treatment of Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: Updated review and findings from our mindfulness-based intervention case series, 2014 Clinical EEG and Neuroscience).  On page 9 the authors discuss something that was not the main topic of the paper, but that struck me as worthy […]

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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: What are your 2015 resolutions?

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“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” Lorax quote-Dr. Seuss This simple quote is powerful because it is true. Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures represent a grave health condition that is still sorely understudied and understood. This condition often wreaks havoc on the lives of those afflicted

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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures was prominently featured at the American Epilepsy Society Meeting (AES) in Seattle, WA in December 2014

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The condition of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures has for a very long time been a bit of an orphan in the health field.  It can take up to seven years on average to receive the right diagnosis and even once it is made, too often the patients experience a “ping pong effect” of being referred from

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Living with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES): new book will give patients a voice

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What literature can be found about psychogenic seizures on-line, in medical journals, and even in the book I published earlier this year (Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: A Guide) is written about PNES from a professionals’ perspective.  In these writings, the person with PNES is described and examined by the professional onlooker and as such are SUBJECTS

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An explanation of how Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures are not consciously provoked by the PNES patient?

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Over the summer, I was reading a book authored by Dr. Michael Trimble “Why Humans Like to Cry: Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain.” For someone who is seeking to understand how psychogenic non-epileptic seizures occur, the research he discusses in the book is intriguing.  The research he cites offers a sound and reasonable explanation of

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A historic meeting in Mahwah, NJ shines a light on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

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A month ago, we were still in the throes of planning our first conference on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). We had PNES brochures printed up, we had ordered many copies of “Psychogenic non-epileptic Seizures: A Guide” to give out at the registration desk, we had purple and teal charms ready, and all our speakers were

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Why can’t you just stop having these Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNESs)?

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Patients diagnosed with PNES sometimes share with me that they have encountered people who seem to think that they should be able to stop the seizures by somehow willing them away.  Those who hold this erroneous belief are not only from the general public but also health professionals (e.g. emergency medical personnel, doctors and nurses

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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) awareness has taken off in 2014: new book on PNES, PNES/ non-epileptic attack disorder awareness colors, PNES conference hosted by NEREG

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The year 2014 has been very important for the raising of awareness and education about psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES).  On January, Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures: A Guide was published and has now sold almost 400 copies.  Some patients and family members decided to share this book with their neurologists and mental health professionals and wrote me

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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: beginning a grassroots movement on September 20, 2014?

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Even though psychogenic disorders, including psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) have been around for centuries, they continue to be the subject of ignorance and stigma.  Often, the general public as well as health professionals (including emergency medical personnel, neurologists, and mental health professionals) do not understand them and can end up making things worse.   Patients and

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