Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure in patients with intellectual disability with special focus on choice of therapeutic intervention

Highlights • 46 PNES patients with intellectual disability (ID) were retrospectively examined. • Environmental adjustment was often introduced in the ID group as compared to the non-ID group. • Brief weekly visit service is also more often utilized by the patients with ID than by those without ID....

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Published in:Seizure (London, England) England), 2017-02, Vol.45, p.2-6
Main Authors: Kanemoto, Kousuke, Goji, Hiroko, Tadokoro, Yukari, Kato, Etsushi, Oshima, Tomohiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Cognitive Therapy - methods
Conversion Disorder
Environmental adjustment
Epilepsy - complications
Epilepsy - psychology
Epilepsy - therapy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Intellectual disability
Intellectual Disability - complications
Intellectual Disability - therapy
Male
Neurology
PNES
Psychophysiologic Disorders - complications
Psychophysiologic Disorders - therapy
Retrospective Studies
Short referral chain
Somatoform Disorders
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • 46 PNES patients with intellectual disability (ID) were retrospectively examined. • Environmental adjustment was often introduced in the ID group as compared to the non-ID group. • Brief weekly visit service is also more often utilized by the patients with ID than by those without ID.
ISSN:1059-1311
1532-2688
DOI:10.1016/j.seizure.2016.10.025