Emotional Reactivity as a Vulnerability for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures? Responses While Reliving Specific Emotions.

Emotional Reactivity as a Vulnerability for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures? Responses While Reliving Specific Emotions. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2019 Oct 30;:appineuropsych19040084 Authors: Roberts NA, Burleson MH, Torres DL, Parkhurst DK, Garrett R, Mitchell LB, Duncan CJ, Mintert M, Wang NC Abstract When asked to recall and describe memories evoking specific emotions, those with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) experienced more difficulty than trauma controls; showed decreased (vs. increased) heart rate variability during happiness; and some experienced a PNES episode during shame. PMID: 31662092 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences - Category: Psychiatry Tags: J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci Source Type: research