The semantics of epileptic and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and their differential diagnosis

Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Oct:111:107250. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107250. Epub 2020 Jun 27.

Authors

Massimiliano Beghi¹, Isotta Cornaggia², Silvia Diotti³, Giuseppe Erba², Gaia Harder³, Adriana Magaudda⁴, Angelina Laganà⁴, Chiara Vitale⁴, Cesare Maria Cornaggia³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mental Health, Cesena, Italy. Electronic address: massimiliano.beghi@auslromagna.it.
² Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, USA.
³ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
⁴ Epilepsy Centre, Neurological Clinic, University of Messina, Italy.

PMID: 32603809
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107250

No abstract available

Keywords: Conversational analysis; Differential diagnosis; Epilepsy; Linguistics; PNES.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Electroencephalography / methods
Female
Humans
Interview, Psychological / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Psychophysiologic Disorders / classification*
Psychophysiologic Disorders / diagnosis*
Psychophysiologic Disorders / psychology
Seizures / classification*
Seizures / diagnosis*
Seizures / psychology
Semantics*
Young Adult