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Driving, depression, and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES)

Leave a Comment / News, Uncategorized / Lorna Myers

The three items listed in the title of this blog post might seem unrelated but they were part of an article that was published last month. The article drew some useful and thought-provoking conclusions that might be useful for clinicians working with PNES. The study described in “Characteristics of patients diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures […]

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Summer Recommendations on books about psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and epileptic seizures

Leave a Comment / 2024, nonepileptic / Lorna Myers

I like a lot of things about the summer months including the warmer weather, the longer days, the fact that New York City becomes less crowded, traveling, and sitting or lying outside resting and catching some sunrays. But what I especially enjoy about the summer is that I get to read the books that have

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The Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizure Pocketbook: Why I wrote it

Join me in congratulating the 2023 Lorna Myers PNES Scholarship awardees!

Leave a Comment / 2023, News / Lorna Myers

Every year, all profits from the sale of “Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: A guide” are donated to Epilepsy Alliance America, a wonderful foundation that hosts the Lorna Myers PNES Scholarship. This award is offered to any person living in the USA and who has a diagnosis of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. The money that is granted can

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Virtual psychogenic non-epileptic seizures conference for patients, loved ones and their clinicians: Update on current treatments for PNES in adults and children

3 Comments / 2023, News / administrator

For six years straight, the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group (NEREG), hosted an annual PNES conference for patients, caregivers, and in the last few years, for health professionals too. Our last and sixth conference was held in 2019 and then, as we all know, the world ground to a halt due to the 2020 pandemic. So,

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New: The Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (also known as dissociative seizures) Pocketbook

2 Comments / 2023, News / administrator

In a few weeks, a new book on PNES is going to be published and will be called: The Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (also known as dissociative seizures) Pocketbook. The word “pocketbook” is in its title because it is meant to be just that: a book that a clinician might carry in her/his pocket for

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Students living with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES)-a new study

5 Comments / 2022, News / administrator

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

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Current research projects for persons diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), also known as dissociative or functional seizures

1 Comment / 2022, News / administrator

One of the ways in which we can help improve the lives of those living with PNES or dissociative seizures is through scientific research. Fortunately, in the last couple of decades, there has been a proliferation of research studies that have focused on risk, prognostic and outcome factors, diagnostic tools, treatment modalities, among other

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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES)/ functional seizure (FS) conference 2021! It is back on-bigger and better

5 Comments / 2021, News / administrator

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

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Meet the new Executive Director of FND Hope USA

3 Comments / 2021, News / administrator

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

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