TY - JOUR
T1 - How to do things with words Two seminars on the naming of functional (psychogenic, non-epileptic, dissociative, conversion, …) seizures
AU - Wardrope, Alistair
AU - Dworetzky, Barbara A.
AU - Barkley, Gregory L.
AU - Baslet, Gaston
AU - Buchhalter, Jeffrey
AU - Doss, Julia
AU - Goldstein, Laura H.
AU - Hallett, Mark
AU - Kozlowska, Kasia
AU - W, W. Curt
AU - McGonigal, Aileen
AU - Mildon, Bridget
AU - Oto, Maria
AU - Perez, David L.
AU - Riker, Ellen
AU - Roberts, Nicole A.
AU - Stone, Jon
AU - Tolchin, Benjamin
AU - Reuber, Markus
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 British Epilepsy Association
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Amongst the most important conditions in the differential diagnosis of epilepsy is the one that manifests as paroxysms of altered behaviour, awareness, sensation or sense of bodily control in ways that often resemble epileptic seizures, but without the abnormal excessive or synchronous electrical activity in the brain that defines these. Despite this importance, there remains little agreement – and frequent debate – on what to call this condition, known inter alia as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), dissociative seizures (DS), functional seizures (FS), non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD), pseudoseizures, conversion disorder with seizures, and by many other labels besides. This choice of terminology is not merely academic – it affects patients’ response to and understanding of their diagnosis, and their ability to navigate health care systems.This paper summarises two recent discussions hosted by the American Epilepsy Society and Functional Neurological Disorders Society on the naming of this condition. These discussions are conceptualised as the initial step of an exploration of whether it might be possible to build consensus for a new diagnostic label.
AB - Amongst the most important conditions in the differential diagnosis of epilepsy is the one that manifests as paroxysms of altered behaviour, awareness, sensation or sense of bodily control in ways that often resemble epileptic seizures, but without the abnormal excessive or synchronous electrical activity in the brain that defines these. Despite this importance, there remains little agreement – and frequent debate – on what to call this condition, known inter alia as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), dissociative seizures (DS), functional seizures (FS), non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD), pseudoseizures, conversion disorder with seizures, and by many other labels besides. This choice of terminology is not merely academic – it affects patients’ response to and understanding of their diagnosis, and their ability to navigate health care systems.This paper summarises two recent discussions hosted by the American Epilepsy Society and Functional Neurological Disorders Society on the naming of this condition. These discussions are conceptualised as the initial step of an exploration of whether it might be possible to build consensus for a new diagnostic label.
KW - Conversion disorder
KW - Dissociative seizures
KW - Functional neurological disorder
KW - Non-epileptic seizures
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U2 - 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.10.016
DO - 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.10.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 34740139
AN - SCOPUS:85118118910
SN - 1059-1311
VL - 93
SP - 102
EP - 110
JO - Seizure
JF - Seizure
ER -