Dissociation in Patients with Epilepsy and Functional Seizures: A Narrative Review of the Literature

Historically, dissociation has been difficult to describe and assess. In the late 1800 ’s, functional seizures, dissociative phenomena, ictal symptoms, as well as other difficult-to-explain presentations were grouped together under the term “hysteria” and were famously studied by French neurologist Jean- Martin Charcot [1]. Today, what was formerly called hysteria is seen as dis tinct disorders ranging from DSM-5 dissociative disorders and functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder) to complex sensory changes now recognized as ictal phenomena.
Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research