Background Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are attacks that often look like epileptic (ES). Unlike ES, PNES not triggered by underlying neurological factors. relatively rare in the general population; however, their prevalence people with learning disabilities is much higher—up to 10%. Individuals and have psychiatric comorbidities, such as anxiety disorders, depression posttraumatic s...

PURPOSE This is a narrative systematic synthesis of qualitative research investigating patients' accounts of living with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). Qualitative methodologies allow patients to share lived experiences in their own words. The examination of patients' own accounts is likely to offer revealing insights into a poorly understood, heterogeneous disorder. METHODS We ide...

Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNESs) are disruptive changes in behavior without ictal correlate of epileptic activity and high prevalence psychiatric morbidity. Differential diagnosis is difficult particularly with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), which also associated comorbidity. Although video electroencephalography the gold standard for differential diagnosis, clinical semiology analysis ...

Quantitative markers extracted from resting-state electroencephalogram (EEG) reveal subtle neurophysiological dynamics which may provide useful information to support the diagnosis of seizure disorders. We performed a systematic review summarize evidence on interictal, visually normal EEG in adults with idiopathic epilepsy or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). Studies were selected 5 dat...

Little is known about the types of mental health treatment that are most effective for psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES) patients who have high rates of comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociation. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has proved to be effective in the treatment of PTSD, anxiety states, dissociative symptoms and somatoform disorders. Th...

Background: Dexmedetomidine provides smooth emergence with reduced agitation. The authors hypothesized low-dose dexmedetomidine infusion might contribute to hemodynamic stability during and after nasotracheal tube extubation. [ABSTRACT EDITED] Evaluation of different doses of dexmedetomidine alone versus the combination of dexmedetomidine and fentanyl in sedation during awake fiberoptic intubat...