Subjective and physiological response to emotions in temporal lobe epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

In both epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) there is a high prevalence of comorbid mood disorders which are often described as the main factor contributing to poorer quality of life (Garcia, Garcia-Morales,& Gil-Nagel, 2015; Szaflarski et al., 2003). PNES are involuntary episodes of alteration of consciousness and disturbance of sensory, motor, autonomic or cognitive functions that can be misdiagnosed as epileptic seizures. They are not caused by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain and are thought to be mainly triggered by emotional distress (Brown, Syed, Benbadis, LaFrance,& Reuber, 2011).

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - October 5, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Iliana Kotwas, Jean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi, St éphanie Khalfa, Aileen McGonigal, Mireille Bastien-Toniazzo, Fabrice Bartolomei Tags: Research paper Source Type: research