2022
Visually sensitive seizures: An updated review by the Epilepsy Foundation
Fisher RS, Acharya JN, Baumer FM, French JA, Parisi P, Solodar JH, Szaflarski JP, Thio LL, Tolchin B, Wilkins AJ, Trenité D. Visually sensitive seizures: An updated review by the Epilepsy Foundation. Epilepsia 2022, 63: 739-768. PMID: 35132632, DOI: 10.1111/epi.17175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhotosensitive seizuresAntiseizure drugsPhotoparoxysmal responseEpilepsy FoundationPrevention of seizuresLight-induced seizuresWhite matter tractsSignificant public health hazardSpontaneous seizuresNonsystematic literature reviewGeneralized epilepsyPublic health hazardPhotosensitivity modelAbnormal connectivityOccipital cortexProvocative stimuliSeizuresVisual fieldVisual stimulationBrain imagingColor flashesUpdated reviewEpilepsySelection biasDrugs
2021
How 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 labelsDiagnosisDisordersEpilepsyPseudoseizuresBrainParoxysmsFunctional 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 Research
2020
Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy
Tolchin B, Hirsch LJ, LaFrance WC. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy. Psychiatric Clinics Of North America 2020, 43: 275-290. PMID: 32439022, DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2020.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuropsychiatric disordersNeuropsychiatric aspectsCertain neuropsychiatric disordersAntiseizure medicationsClinical outcomesTherapeutic optionsEpidemiologic studiesEpilepsyMultidisciplinary teamNeuropsychiatric impactDisordersBidirectional relationshipTreatmentClose collaborationComorbiditiesMedicationsPathophysiologySocial factorsDiagnosis
2019
Treatment of Patients With Psychogenic Nonepileptic Attacks
Tolchin B, Martino S, Hirsch LJ. Treatment of Patients With Psychogenic Nonepileptic Attacks. JAMA 2019, 321: 1967-1968. PMID: 31026015, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.3520.Peer-Reviewed Original Research