OBJECTIVE Paroxysmal nonepileptic events (PNEs) are frequently encountered in children and adolescents; however, there is little information concerning the relative frequency of various types of these disorders. We report our experience with PNEs in a group of children and adolescents who underwent prolonged video-electroencephalographic monitoring. METHODS During a 6-year period, 883 patient...

Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are a familiar trigger for consultation of the general hospital psychiatrist. PNES during pregnancy have not been well described in the literature. The conversion phenomenon of pseudolabor, which features prolonged abdominal muscle contractions in the setting of pregnancy, has only been described twice previously. We report a case of a pregnant woman adm...

Nonepileptic seizures (NES) are neuropsychiatric disorders presenting with a combination of neurologic signs and underlying psychological conflicts. For more than a century, the medical community has accumulated data and insights about the phenomenology, epidemiology, risks, comorbidities, and prognosis of NES. However, we have not progressed much beyond anecdotal reports of treatments for NES,...