Gates and Rowan's Nonepileptic Seizures with Online Resource

Patients with nonepileptic seizures (NES) frequently present in neurology, psychiatry, psychology, and emergency departments. The disorder has been well-documented in the medical literature, and much is known about the phenomenology, ictal semiology, neurologic signs, psychiatric comorbidities, neuropsychological testing, and psychosocial aspects. Since the publication of the third edition in 2010, knowledge of treatments for NES has grown and new data have become available. Fully updated to reflect these developments, this fourth edition brings together the current knowledge of NES treatments, drawing on the experience of an international team of authors. An accompanying website features video-EEGs of seizures and videos of patient-clinician interactions, which will help readers with both diagnostic and management decisions. Tables clearly illustrating the differential diagnosis of various nonepileptic events give readers quick reference guides to aid diagnostic assessment. A valuable resource for neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and any clinicians who encounter NES in their practice.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Preface
Dedications
Remembrances
Part I. Recognition, Diagnosis, and Impact of Nonepileptic Seizures:
1. Epidemiology and classification of nonepileptic seizures
2. Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures – historical overview
3. The costs and burden of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in context: PNES and other conversion disorders
4. Clinical features and the role of video-EEG monitoring of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
5. Comorbidity of epileptic and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: diagnostic considerations
6. Nonepileptic paroxysmal neurologic and cardiac events
7. Parasomnias: interface with epileptic and nonepileptic seizures
8. Hypnosis for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and psychogenic movement disorders
9. Using linguistic analysis to discriminate between patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and patients with epilepsy
10. Diagnosis of nonepileptic seizures in children
11. Diagnosis of nonepileptic seizures in the elderly
Part II. Nonepileptic Seizures: Culture, Cognition, and Personality Clusters:
12. Cultural aspects of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
13. Use of neuropsychological and personality testing to identify adults with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
14. Cognitive complaints, affect disturbances, and neuropsychological functioning in adults with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
15. Health related quality of life: utility and limitations in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
16. Legal medicine considerations related to nonepileptic seizures
Part III. Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Considerations in Children and Adolescents with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures:
17. Psychiatric features and management of children with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
18. Factors contributing to the onset of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in children and adolescents
19. Adolescents' and parents' perceptions of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
20. Factitious disorders
Part IV. Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Considerations in Adults with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures:
21. Classification of nonepileptic seizures
22. Post-traumatic stress disorder, abuse and trauma: relationships to psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
23. Comorbidities in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: depressive, anxiety, and personality disorders
Part V. Treatment Considerations for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures:
24. Historical approaches to treatments for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
25. Managing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in patients with comorbid epilepsy
26. Models of care: nurses and social workers and their role in the management of patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
27. Who should treat psychogenic nonepileptic seizures?
28. Designing treatment plans based on the etiology of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
29. Cognitive behavioral based treatments for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
30. Family therapy for patients diagnosed with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
31. Group treatments for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
32. Pharmacological treatments for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
33. Training in treatment of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
34. The biology of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
35. Care models and coding for nonepileptic seizures
Appendix
Index.