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Lorna Myers on Jan 13th, 2021 in
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A few weeks ago, I was contacted by one of the leaders in the field of research of Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES); he proposed a project to several professionals in the field of PNES focusing on a topic that is often overlooked not only in PNES but in many other conditions and a variety of clinical settings. He stated that he had the sense that this emotional state may play an important role in the...
Posted by
Lorna Myers on Dec 2nd, 2019 in
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This poem was written by a young adult living with the effects of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). Through this poem she communicates to others what her experience is like. Perhaps these words may resonate with you too.
ITS BLINKING
I SEE A BIG FLASH
IM MY HEAD
YOU FALL WITH A SPLASH
YOU COME SO UNEXPECTED
SOMETIMES YOU MAKE ME FEEL PROTECTED
BUT I CAN GET...
Posted by
Lorna Myers on Sep 25th, 2019 in
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On October 19, 2019, we will hold our now historic annual conference on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). This will be the sixth year running that we offer this educational program on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures for patients, loved ones, and health professionals. As always, the event is free of charge. As always, registrations are streaming in from across the US and some have even come in...
Posted by
Lorna Myers on Jul 18th, 2019 in
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Kanaan and Craig recently published an article “Conversion disorders and the trouble with trauma” (see reference at the bottom of this page) in which they present the reader with a cogent overview of the current debate of whether conversion disorder should be conceptualized as “psychogenic” or instead “as a yet unexplained neurological disorder.” They argue, quite persuasively that what might seem...
Posted by
Lorna Myers on Jul 11th, 2019 in
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In June, our team (Myers, Trobliger, Bortnik, Zeng, Segal and Lancman) published: “Dissociation and other clinical phenomena in youth with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) compared to youth with epilepsy” in the peer-reviewed journal Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy. The article had some very interesting findings which I will discuss below.
This paper compared 15 youth diagnosed with psychogenic...