Updated review on the diagnosis and primary management of psychogenic nonepileptic seizure disorders

AI Lanzillotti, M Sarudiansky, NR Lombardi… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are paroxystic and episodic events associated
with motor, sensory, mental or autonomic manifestations, which resemble epileptic seizures …

Functional neurological disorder is a feminist issue

C McLoughlin, I Hoeritzauer, V Cabreira… - Journal of Neurology …, 2023 - jnnp.bmj.com
Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common and disabling disorder, often
misunderstood by clinicians. Although viewed sceptically by some, FND is a diagnosis that …

Childhood trauma in patients with epileptic vs nonepileptic seizures

T Yang, C Roberts, T Winton‐Brown, M Lloyd… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Childhood trauma has been implicated as a risk factor for the etiology of
psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). Relatively little attention has been paid to …

Sensory processing difficulties in functional neurological disorder: a possible predisposing vulnerability?

J Ranford, J MacLean, PR Alluri, O Comeau, E Godena… - Psychosomatics, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a prevalent neuropsychiatric
condition characterized by sensorimotor difficulties. Patients with FND at times report that …

[HTML][HTML] Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure: An empathetic, practical approach

BBS Tilahun, JF Bautista - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 2022 - ccjm.org
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure (PNES) is often misdiagnosed as epilepsy, leading to
unnecessary treatments and procedures, as well as failure to engage patients in needed …

Clinical characteristics of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures across the lifespan: an international retrospective study

T Sawchuk, AA Asadi-Pooya, L Myers, KD Valente… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Previous studies from a few countries have reported semiological differences in
younger children compared with adolescents or adults with psychogenic nonepileptic …

Functional neurological disorder among sexual and gender minority people

MP Lerario, N Rosendale, JL Waugh… - Neurologic …, 2023 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a multinetwork brain disorder that exists at the
intersection between neurology and psychiatry. 1 It is one of the more common outpatient …

Gender differences in risk factors and psychosocial functioning in children with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

JS Yeom, H Bernard, S Koh - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Female predominance is evident in childhood-onset psychogenic nonepileptic
seizures (PNES). Understanding gender-specific vulnerability to PNES may provide a …

[HTML][HTML] Psychiatric co-morbidities and factors associated with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: a case–control study

R Gupta, D Garg, N Kumar, MB Singh, G Shukla… - Seizure, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) offer an immense diagnostic and
therapeutic challenge. We sought to determine socioeconomic, psychological and …

Increased expression of proinflammatory cytokines and iNOS in the neocortical microvasculature of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

JL Castañeda-Cabral, ME Ureña-Guerrero… - Immunologic …, 2020 - Springer
Under physiological conditions, proinflammatory cytokines and their receptors at low levels
have been claimed to be important in neuronal development, controlling neurite outgrowth …