Self-compassion and adjustment in epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
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Patients' and neurologists' perception of epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
PURPOSE Although differences in illness perceptions between neurologists and patients with epilepsy or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are likely to be clinically relevant, this is the first study to attempt a direct comparison. In addition, this study compares the illness perceptions of patients with epilepsy with those of patients with PNES. METHODS Thirty-four patients with epilep...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epilepsy & Behavior
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1525-5050
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.106490