2023
Work difficulties, work restrictions, and disability benefits in people with functional seizures: A survey study
Woodward J, Asadi-Pooya A, Mildon B, Tolchin B. Work difficulties, work restrictions, and disability benefits in people with functional seizures: A survey study. Epilepsy & Behavior Reports 2023, 23: 100610. PMID: 37645697, PMCID: PMC10460675, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebr.2023.100610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional seizuresWork restrictionsSignificant long-term disabilityOlder ageDisability benefitsLogistic regressionLong-term disabilityWork difficultiesPredictors of unemploymentExperienced disabilityDisability limitationsSeizuresPotential predictorsWork limitationsDemographic informationCurrent employment statusWork accommodationsDisabilityMajority of peopleCliniciansMost respondentsEmployment statusHigh percentageAgePredictors
2021
Neurology residents’ education in functional seizures
Milligan T, Yun A, LaFrance W, Baslet G, Tolchin B, Szaflarski J, Wong V, Plioplys S, Dworetzky B. Neurology residents’ education in functional seizures. Epilepsy & Behavior Reports 2021, 18: 100517. PMID: 35243288, PMCID: PMC8857462, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional neurological disorderFunctional seizuresNeurology residentsNeurology residency program directorsResidency program directorsEpilepsy monitoring unitEvidence-based treatmentsNeurology resident educationProgram directorsLow response rateResponse rateNeurological disordersFrequent settingPatientsMajority of programsDiagnosisNeurology residencySeizuresClinical rotationsResident educationTreatmentResidencyCurriculum gapsStandardized modelDidactic lecturesHow to do things with words Two seminars on the naming of functional (psychogenic, non-epileptic, dissociative, conversion, …) seizures
Wardrope A, Dworetzky BA, Barkley GL, Baslet G, Buchhalter J, Doss J, Goldstein LH, Hallett M, Kozlowska K, LaFrance WC, McGonigal A, Mildon B, Oto M, Perez DL, Riker E, Roberts NA, Stone J, Tolchin B, Reuber M. How to do things with words Two seminars on the naming of functional (psychogenic, non-epileptic, dissociative, conversion, …) seizures. Seizure 2021, 93: 102-110. PMID: 34740139, PMCID: PMC9308960, DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.10.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychogenic non-epileptic seizuresNon-epileptic attack disorderFunctional seizuresDissociative seizuresNon-epileptic seizuresAmerican Epilepsy SocietyHealth care systemNew diagnostic labelSynchronous electrical activityPatient responseDifferential diagnosisEpilepsy SocietyAttack disorderConversion disorderEpileptic seizuresSeizuresCare systemElectrical activityDiagnostic labelsDiagnosisDisordersEpilepsyPseudoseizuresBrainParoxysmsThe role of evidence-based guidelines in the diagnosis and treatment of functional neurological disorder
Tolchin B, Baslet G, Carson A, Dworetzky BA, Goldstein LH, LaFrance WC, Martino S, Perez DL, Reuber M, Stone J, Szaflarski JP. The role of evidence-based guidelines in the diagnosis and treatment of functional neurological disorder. Epilepsy & Behavior Reports 2021, 16: 100494. PMID: 34877515, PMCID: PMC8627961, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100494.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvidence-based guidelinesClinical practice guidelinesPractice guidelinesEvidence-based clinical practice guidelinesFunctional neurological disorderCare of peopleMental health cliniciansFormal clinical trainingInterdisciplinary careBody of evidenceFunctional seizuresHealth cliniciansPsychiatric disordersGuideline developmentNeurological disordersPatient careSystematic reviewAmerican AcademyAmerican Psychiatric AssociationDisorder subtypesMultidisciplinary teamworkDiagnosisCarePsychiatric AssociationTreatmentFunctional seizures are not less important than epilepsy
Asadi-Pooya AA, Brigo F, Tolchin B, Valente KD. Functional seizures are not less important than epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior Reports 2021, 16: 100495. PMID: 34805820, PMCID: PMC8585631, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional Seizures
Marcolini E, Tolchin B. Functional Seizures. Emergency Medicine Clinics Of North America 2021, 39: 123-132. PMID: 33218653, DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2020.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional seizuresEpileptic seizuresFunctional neurologic disordersElectroencephalography findingsPsychogenic seizuresTherapeutic challengeClinical historyEpileptic dischargesNeurologic disordersConversion disorderSeizuresMental illnessBiopsychosocial modelDisordersSocial factorsSymptomsIllness