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Psychotherapy helpful for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures when patients stick with it
People with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) who complete psychotherapy are more likely to improve than patients who do not, new research shows.
“Patients who complete psychotherapy have fewer psychogenic seizures, better quality of life, and fewer visits to the emergency department,” Dr. Benjamin Tolchin of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, told Reuters Health by email. “Neurologists and behavioral health providers need to collaborate to help patients with PNES to initiate and complete psychotherapy.”
Source: EpilepsyU