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1. Introduction
2. Diagnosis, treatment and future directions of NES
3. Psychogenic NES prevalence and cost
4. Physiologic nonepileptic events
5. "Causes" of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
6. NES: psychiatric comorbidities
7. Abuse and trauma in NES
8. NES demographics
9. NES ictal characteristics
10. Video EEG of a seizure
11. Diagnosing seizures: clinical and EEG findings
12. Differentiating epilepsy from NES
13. Video EEG inter-rater reliability
14. NES with CNS lesions
15. Prediction of NES prior to vEEG
16. Psychosocial factors in NES
17. Pathways in diagnosis and treatment of NES
18. Outcomes in NES from Reuber
19. NES treatments historically and present
20. Management of NES in the 20th century
21. The issue of terminology
22. What about AEDs in NES?
23. NES treatment studies review (1)
24. NES treatment studies review (2)
25. The causes of functional weakness
26. Psychiatric variables and NES outcome class
27. Treatment of NES trials at RIH
28. Pilot pharmacologic RCT of NES
29. Fear avoidance model
30. CBT for NES
31. CBT: seizure frequency
32. Quality of life and epilepsy
33. Quality of life and NES
34. NES pilot treatment trials (1)
35. NES pilot treatment trials (2)
36. Interdisciplinary NES research
37. Neuropsychiatric treatment of NES
38. The challenge of dealing with NES patients
39. Somatoform disorders
40. Video EEG - specialty differences in impressions
41. Acknowledgements
42. Final words

Topics Covered

• NES
• Diagnosis
• Comorbidities
• Treatment
• Future directions

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Series:

• Epilepsy and Seizures

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

Talk Citation

LaFrance, Jr., W.C. (2011, June 1). Diagnosis and treatment for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 15, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/JWLY1850.
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Publication History

• Published on June 1, 2011

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. W. Curt LaFrance, Jr. has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.