2019
Author response: Adherence with psychotherapy and treatment outcomes for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
Tolchin B, Dworetzky BA, Martino S, Blumenfeld H, Hirsch LJ, Baslet G. Author response: Adherence with psychotherapy and treatment outcomes for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Neurology 2019, 93: 981. PMID: 31767663, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000008560.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMotivational Interviewing Techniques to Improve Psychotherapy Adherence and Outcomes for Patients With Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
Tolchin B, Baslet G, Martino S, Suzuki J, Blumenfeld H, Hirsch LJ, Altalib H, Dworetzky BA. Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Improve Psychotherapy Adherence and Outcomes for Patients With Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures. Journal Of Neuropsychiatry 2019, 32: 125-131. PMID: 31466516, DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.19020045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychogenic nonepileptic seizuresClinician-patient communicationNonepileptic seizuresTreatment of PNESPoor clinician-patient communicationPatient-based barriersMajority of patientsFunctional neurological disorderEmergency medicine physiciansHealth care providersMotivational interviewing techniquesPsychiatric comorbidityTreatment nonadherenceTreatment existsCare providersMedicine physiciansPatient engagementPatientsNeurological disordersSomatic symptomsPatient ambivalenceTime-limited goalsPsychological therapiesHealth careTreatment planningRandomized controlled trial of motivational interviewing for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
Tolchin B, Baslet G, Suzuki J, Martino S, Blumenfeld H, Hirsch LJ, Altalib H, Dworetzky BA. Randomized controlled trial of motivational interviewing for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsia 2019, 60: 986-995. PMID: 30980679, DOI: 10.1111/epi.14728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychogenic nonepileptic seizuresQuality of lifeMI participantsPNES frequencyMotivational interviewingControl participantsNonepileptic seizuresQuaternary care medical centerEmergency department visitsEmergency department utilizationSingle neurologistDepartment visitsTreatment adherenceControl armMedical CenterMI armsSeizuresVisitsTrialsAdherenceParticipantsPsychotherapyAdherentArmReferralAdherence with psychotherapy and treatment outcomes for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
Tolchin B, Dworetzky BA, Martino S, Blumenfeld H, Hirsch LJ, Baslet G. Adherence with psychotherapy and treatment outcomes for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Neurology 2019, 92: e675-e679. PMID: 30610097, PMCID: PMC6382361, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000006848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAdult Survivors of Child AbuseAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesConversion DisorderEmergency Service, HospitalEthnicityFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinority GroupsOdds RatioProspective StudiesPsychotherapyQuality of LifeSeizuresTreatment Adherence and ComplianceTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsPsychogenic nonepileptic seizuresQuality of lifePNES frequencyNonepileptic seizuresProspective cohort studyEmergency department utilizationTime of referralBaseline characteristicsCohort studyED visitsSeizure frequencyED utilizationPotential confoundersWomen's HospitalTreatment outcomesMedium effect sizeLocal therapistsMultivariate modelAdherenceChildhood abuseSeizuresHospitalSignificant reductionOutcomesEffect size
2002
Ictal heart rate differentiates epileptic from non-epileptic seizures
Opherk C, Hirsch LJ. Ictal heart rate differentiates epileptic from non-epileptic seizures. Neurology 2002, 58: 636-638. PMID: 11865145, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.58.4.636.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVideo‐EEG Monitoring in the Elderly: A Review of 94 Patients
McBride AE, Shih TT, Hirsch LJ. Video‐EEG Monitoring in the Elderly: A Review of 94 Patients. Epilepsia 2002, 43: 165-169. PMID: 11903463, DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.24401.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVideo-EEG monitoringMajority of patientsNonepileptic eventsPsychogenic seizuresPatient admissionsEpileptiform dischargesColumbia-Presbyterian Medical CenterEpilepsy monitoring unitInterictal epileptiform dischargesAntiepileptic medicationsElderly patientsIncreased incidenceDefinitive diagnosisDiagnostic evaluationNonepileptic seizuresMedical CenterElderly populationPatientsAverage ageEpileptic seizuresInterictal recordingsSeizuresElderly leadsAge groupsParoxysmal events