Mini: Pseudoseizures: How Your Body Can Fake a Seizure

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English - February 06, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
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Along with our guest Karen Wickiam from the STAT! podcast, we discuss the nature of pseudoseizures and what causes them. Karen, a retired ER nurse also shares several case examples from patients she treated at the hospital.

References:

Saher Hoda Kamil, Mustafa Qureshi, & Rikinkumar S. Patel. (2019). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES): A Case Report and Literature Review. Behavioral Sciences, (2), 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9020015

Miller L, Archer RL, Kapoor N. Conversion Disorder: Early Diagnosis and Personalized Therapy Plan Is the Key. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. January 2020:1-4. doi:10.1155/2020/1967581.

Carlson, R. H., Jr, & Caplan, J. P. (2011). Pseudolabor born out of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: a case report of multisymptom conversion disorder. Psychosomatics, 52(5), 455–458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psym.2011.01.017