Psychogenic pseudoseizures as psychoneurological problem

Karlov V.A.; Iliushenko S.V.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro2020120061162

Karlov V.A.

Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry

Iliushenko S.V.

«Veresk» Regional Community Fund for Helping Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Adults

Psychogenic pseudoseizures as psychoneurological problem

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Karlov V.A., Iliushenko S.V.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2020;120(6): 162‑166

DOI: 10.17116/jnevro2020120061162

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Karlov VA, Iliushenko SV. Psychogenic pseudoseizures as psychoneurological problem. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2020;120(6):162‑166. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro2020120061162

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The complexity of the problem is associated with the lack of reliable differential diagnostic indications for distinguishing epileptic and pseudo-epileptic seizures, as well as with the risk of provoking seizures during psychological sessions in patients with PPS. Therefore, apparently, only one of the Russian-language monographs that were published in recent years and one of the 1999 neurology guidelines pay attention to this problem. We have shown the nosological heterogeneity of patients with PPS, clinical particularities related to it and the need for a differentiated approach to its therapy. PPS is a serious clinical problem that can successfully be solved only by interdisciplinary development.

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epileptic seizure

psychogenic pseudoseizure (PPS)

dissociative conversion disorder

character accentuation

Authors:

Karlov V.A.

Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry

Iliushenko S.V.

«Veresk» Regional Community Fund for Helping Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Adults

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09.07.2019

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21.01.2020

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