Patients with PNES represent a distinct, challenging group among those with functional
neurological symptom (conversion) disorders and involve a complex set of symptoms and …

Background Epilepsy affects more than 65 million people worldwide. Treatment for epileptic
seizures is ineffective and has many adverse effects. For this reason, the search for new …

Objective Childhood trauma has been implicated as a risk factor for the etiology of
psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). Relatively little attention has been paid to …

The National Association of Epilepsy Centers first published the guidelines for epilepsy
centers in 1990, which were last updated in 2010. Since that update, epilepsy care and the …

The outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic has increased work demands for medical staff and has
a certain impact on their mental health. The present study aimed to examine the role of …

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, the frontline medical staff faced more workload
and heavier physical and mental stress, which increased their job burnout and negative …

Purpose Little is known about the accuracy of the GAD-7, a self-report anxiety measure, in
detecting generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) in people with dissociative seizures (DS). We …

Objectives Psychiatric disorders are frequently found in both patients with PNES and DRE,
making the differential diagnosis even more complex. The aim of this study was to analyze …

Introduction: The overall combined prevalence of anxiety and depression in patients with
epilepsy has been estimated at 20.2 and 22.9%, respectively, and is considered more …

Epilepsy is a common and severe neurological disorder in which impaired glucose
metabolism leads to changes in neuronal excitability that slow or promote the development …