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 labelsDiagnosisDisordersEpilepsyPseudoseizuresBrainParoxysms
2017
Nonepileptic Psychogenic Status Epilepticus
Tolchin B, Dworetzky B. Nonepileptic Psychogenic Status Epilepticus. Current Clinical Neurology 2017, 31-42. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58200-9_4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychogenic nonepileptic seizuresPsychogenic status epilepticusStatus epilepticusDifferential diagnosisNonconvulsive status epilepticusImportant differential diagnosisSeizure semiologyClinical historyIatrogenic harmNonepileptic seizuresEpilepticusEpileptic seizuresDiagnosisGold standardSupportive testsSeizuresPatientsPrognosisEtiologyEpidemiologyMortality