Diseases

Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Seizures caused by psychological factors without electrophysiological epileptic changes.

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Abstract

Seizures caused by psychological factors without electrophysiological epileptic changes.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Dissociative Seizures
  • Psychogenic Pseudoseizure
  • Dissociative Seizure
  • Nonepileptic Seizure, Psychogenic
  • Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizure
  • Psychogenic Pseudoseizures
  • Seizure, Dissociative
  • Seizure, Psychogenic Nonepileptic

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2022

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Previous Indexing

  • Seizures (1995-2021)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000091323. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000091323
  2. Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogenic_non-epileptic_seizure
  3. Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4162371