One in four people who are tested for epilepsy do not have the disease but instead have a psychological condition called psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). At 21:00PM BST on 20.07.20/06 ...

Patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures have a standardized mortality ratio 2.5 times greater than the general population and die at a rate similar to patients with drug-resistant epilepsy ...

More information: Benjamin Tolchin et al. Adherence with psychotherapy and treatment outcomes with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, Neurology (2019).DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006848 ...

Functional seizures not caused by epilepsy are associated with structural changes in the brain that can be seen using MRI, a new study shows. Scientist have long understood the nonepileptic ...

Using a combination of the known risk factors for epilepsy and non-epileptic seizures reported in 228 clinical notes the team examined, their algorithm achieved a diagnosis accuracy of 65%.

The death rate for patients with functional, nonepileptic seizures is higher than expected, with a rate comparable to epilepsy and severe mental illness, a Michigan Medicine-led study finds.

People with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) appear to have higher rates of childhood trauma compared with people with epilepsy, according to a new report published in Epilepsia.. The ...

Tonee has PNES, a type of non-epileptic seizure disorder that causes her to lose her sight. During that episode, she sat with Asher near the road, hoping it would pass.

Erik Honeycutt of Memphis filed a Civil Rights complaint in U.S. District Court Monday that alleged he received improper dosages of the wrong medication to combat his non-epileptic seizure disorder.

Distinguishing between epileptic and non-epileptic seizures is a challenge, Kerr said. On average, the time from the first seizure to the diagnosis of non-epileptic seizures is seven years. In the ...