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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...