Knowledge and frequency of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures among people with epilepsy: A cross-sectional study from Brazil

J Psychosom Res. 2022 Jun:157:110782. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110782. Epub 2022 Mar 11.

Authors

Adriana Boschi Moreira¹, Giullia Victória Froehner², André Enoch Knochenhauer², Rachel Schlindwein-Zanini³, Marcelo Liborio Schwarzbold⁴, Katia Lin⁴

Affiliations

¹ Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, CCS/UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. Electronic address: adriana.moreira.psicologia@gmail.com.
² School of Medicine, CCS/UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
³ University Hospital - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Mental Health Master's Program, CCS/UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
⁴ Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, CCS/UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

PMID: 35358748
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.110782

No abstract available

Keywords: Epilepsy; Functional neurological disorders; Health knowledge; Prevalence; Seizures; Survey.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brazil / epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Electroencephalography
Epilepsy* / epidemiology
Epilepsy* / psychology
Humans
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures*
Psychophysiologic Disorders / psychology
Seizures / diagnosis
Seizures / epidemiology
Seizures / psychology