Psychological and demographic characteristics of 368 patients with dissociative seizures: data from the CODES cohort

We examined demographic, clinical, and psychological characteristics of a large cohort (n = 368) of adults with dissociative seizures (DS) recruited to the CODES randomised controlled trial (RCT) and explored differences associated with age at onset of DS, gender, and DS semiology. Prior to randomis...

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Published in:Psychological medicine 2021-10, Vol.51 (14), p.2433-2445
Main Authors: Goldstein, Laura H., Robinson, Emily J., Mellers, John D. C., Stone, Jon, Carson, Alan, Chalder, Trudie, Reuber, Markus, Eastwood, Carole, Landau, Sabine, McCrone, Paul, Moore, Michele, Mosweu, Iris, Murray, Joanna, Perdue, Iain, Pilecka, Izabela, Richardson, Mark P., Medford, Nick
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Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Age of Onset
Agoraphobia
Anxiety - psychology
Avoidance behavior
Cohort Studies
Comorbidity
Consent
Convulsions & seizures
Demographics
Demography
Diagnosis
Diaries
Dissociative Disorders - psychology
Economic deprivation
Epilepsy
Facial expressions
Fainting
Female
Functional impairment
Functioning
Gender
Gender differences
Humans
Hyperkinesis
Hypokinesia
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medical screening
Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Mental health
Original
Original Article
Patients
Personality
Personality Disorders
Personality tests
Personality traits
Poverty
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychiatry
Psychological Distress
Psychopathology
Quality of life
Quality of Life - psychology
Questionnaires
Seizures
Seizures - psychology
Self destructive behavior
Semiotics
Sex crimes
Socioeconomic factors
Somatic symptoms
Young women
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Summary:We examined demographic, clinical, and psychological characteristics of a large cohort (n = 368) of adults with dissociative seizures (DS) recruited to the CODES randomised controlled trial (RCT) and explored differences associated with age at onset of DS, gender, and DS semiology. Prior to randomisation within the CODES RCT, we collected demographic and clinical data on 368 participants. We assessed psychiatric comorbidity using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) and a screening measure of personality disorder and measured anxiety, depression, psychological distress, somatic symptom burden, emotional expression, functional impact of DS, avoidance behaviour, and quality of life. We undertook comparisons based on reported age at DS onset (
ISSN:0033-2917
1469-8978
1469-8978
DOI:10.1017/S0033291720001051