Adolescents with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) experience severe bullying by fellow students and school staff alike, results of a small study suggest.\ The school experience of teens with ...

A recent study found that patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures experienced seizures significantly earlier than patients with epileptic seizures. Patients with psychogenic nonepileptic ...

Up to 20% of people diagnosed with epilepsy in the US could have been misdiagnosed and may actually suffer from “pseudoseizures” – which have an underlying psychological cause. A new set of studies ...

New research shows people with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) have higher rates of childhood trauma of all types compared with people with epilepsy. The study adds depth to scientists’ ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Key Takeaways Stress can cause seizures in people with or without ...

Seizures have been described as irregular activity of the nerves in your brain, and sometimes these irregularities can become recurrent or chronic. When seizures become a consistent problem, this ...

Seizure phobia occurs in nearly one-third of people with epilepsy (PWE), but was mainly associated with variables not related to epilepsy, based on data from 69 adults. Anxiety and depression are ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 out of 10 people will have a seizure during their lifetime. Most of these seizures will be epileptic seizures, which are ...

Stroke and sexual assault trauma each were linked to psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) in a large, single-center study of electronic health records. PNES, paroxysmal episodes that mimic ...

(HealthDay)—Sexual assault trauma may partly explain why women are more likely to develop psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American ...

People with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) who were treated with cognitive behavioral therapy over a longer period of time than expected had improved seizure control and psychiatric symptoms ...

The UAB Epilepsy Center is looking for participants aged 15 and older for a brain imaging study. Eligible individuals will have psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) without co-morbid epilepsy.