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Fourth annual psychogenic non-epileptic seizures conference in New Jersey

This year we had the pleasure of holding what has now become a tradition: our annual conference on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES)—our fourth annual conference! Some things were new this year though. To begin with, we moved our conference location from Mahwah, NJ to Morristown, NJ, where the Morristown Medical Center generously offered to host […]

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Prolonged exposure therapy for the treatment of patients diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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We’d be hard pressed to find a clinician or researcher who doesn’t agree that the proper treatment for a confirmed diagnosis of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) or non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD-as it is called in the UK) is some form of psychotherapy. Although, we’ve known this for decades, we’re still sorely uncertain as to which

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Health Professionals Need to become educated about Psychogenic seizures (PNES)

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Recently I read a couple of comments about psychogenic seizures on an epilepsy professional Forum and was thoroughly disappointed and irritated to say the least. Although the tone of the comments was essentially professional and apparently trying to be helpful, I was taken aback by how dismissively the PNES patient was spoken of by these

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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: GC recommends that you listen to yourself

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This blog post was written by a young woman who was diagnosed with psychogenic seizures (PNES) seven years ago. She has coursed a hard yet enriching road that eventually helped her overcome her PNES. Not only has she overcome the condition, she is now helping others to do the same. we thank her for taking

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Katie offers advice on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures at the workplace

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Katie is contributing this month’s blog post. In it she gives useful advice based on her own experiences about how to deal with PNES in the workplace. She describes “The Talk” that you may want to have with your boss and workmates and how you might explain to them what you need them to do

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Psychogenic non epileptic seizures (PNES) can disrupt life in a multitude of ways

Psychogenic non epileptic seizures flare up even when good things happen: does that make any sense?

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It does actually. The idea for today’s blog post came to me after one of my patients had several episodes right after getting some very good news. She was confused as was her family about why this happened. This led to our talking about different kinds of stress and we were able to make sense

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