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Lorna Myers on Nov 24th, 2022 in
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For almost 20 years, I have been a school nurse. During one of my first years as a school nurse, I met a student with what health care providers were then calling pseudoseizures. While many school personnel were very supportive of this student, there were just as many who were NOT. I heard comments about this student faking seizures. I saw the student miss many days of school. And I watched the student fall farther...
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Lorna Myers on Jul 17th, 2021 in
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For six years straight, the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group (NEREG), hosted an annual PNES conference for patients, caregivers, and in the later years, for health professionals too. Our last conference was held on 2019 and then, as we all know, the world ground to a halt due to the 2020 pandemic.
Although we did not host our 7th annual PNES conference last year, there have been very positive changes that have...
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Lorna Myers on Jun 30th, 2021 in
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There is so much that we need to do to improve the lives of those living with PNES. We definitely need to increase treatment options and to ensure a growing number of clinicians are available to treat this health condition. To achieve this, research on treatment outcome is a necessity, and as such, funding is required. Until now, clinical trials have been conducted on relatively small samples [except for a...
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Lorna Myers on Jun 16th, 2021 in
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Psychoeducation: refers to some form of intervention (lecture, support group meeting or published materials) that aims to educate the audience members/readers about a specific health condition, provides coping suggestions and informs about treatment options. Usually, psychoeducation is provided by health professionals but not necessarily; patients who have educated themselves about their health issues can prove...
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Lorna Myers on Apr 15th, 2021 in
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This feature article was just published by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and summarizes meetings that took place last year.
https://www.newswise.com/articles/what-should-we-call-psychogenic-non-epileptic-seizures
Note: I will continue to call PNES by this name below since we do not have a better term yet.
Why is this important what we call this disorder, you might ask?
In summary, the name...