Open AccessChildren with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
Author(s) -
Aisha Gillan,
Safiullah Shareef
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pediatric neurology briefs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2166-6482
pISSN - 1043-3155
DOI - 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-33-4
Subject(s) - psychogenic disease , conversion disorder , demographics , epilepsy , retrospective cohort study , cohort , medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry , health care , cohort study , psychology , demography , sociology , pathology , economics , economic growth
A large multicenter retrospective cohort study was conducted by researchers from the Pediatric Health Information System hospital network to determine differences in demographics, clinical characteristics, testing, treatment, and healthcare use between children aged 8–20 years with epilepsy ( n = 13,241) and those with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) secondary to conversion disorder ( n = 399).