Catastrophising and repetitive negative thinking tendencies in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures or epilepsy
Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) are characterised by episodic disturbances of normal brain functions superficially resembling epileptic seizures. However, rather than being related to epileptic activity in the brain, PNES are considered to result from activation of an established ‘seizure scaffold’ and as a dissociative response to aversive internal or external stimuli [1]. The aetiology of PNES is heterogeneous and a combination of aetiological factors is likely to be relevant in most cases [2,3].
Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - Category: Neurology Authors: Andrew Whitfield, Sean Walsh, Liat Levita, Markus Reuber Source Type: research