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Explaining dissociative seizures: a neuropsychological perspective
Abstract
Dissociative seizures are common in routine neurological practice and cause considerable morbidity. However, explaining such episodes to patients is rarely straightforward. Taking a neuropsychological perspective, we present a strategy for communicating this diagnosis to both patients and families.
- dissociative seizures
- non-epileptic seizures
- neuropsychology
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Contributors Both authors wrote and edited the manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent for publication Not required.
Provenance and peer review Commissioned. Externally peer reviewed by Jon Stone, Edinburgh, UK.
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