Cognitive-behavioral therapy for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

2010459 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Laura H. Goldstein · South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Trudie Chalder · South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Craig Chigwedere · South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Mizanur Khondoker · South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

John Moriarty · South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Brian Toone · South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Abstract

This study provides Class III evidence that CBT in addition to SMC, as compared to SMC alone, significantly reduces seizure frequency in patients with PNES (change in median monthly seizure frequency: baseline to 6 months follow-up, CBT group, 12 to 1.5; SMC alone group, 8 to 5).

Topics & Keywords

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Schizophrenia research and treatment Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: Neurology

Volume 74, Issue 24, pp. 1986-1994

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181e39658

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