Psychological long-term outcome in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.

Katrin WaltherBastian VolbersLaura ErdmannMüjgan Dogan OnugorenStephanie GollwitzerBurkhard S KasperKatrin KurzbuchJohannes LangStefan SchwabMichael SchwarzHajo M Hamer

Published in: Epilepsia (2019)

Outcome of PNES is poor, psychopathology is high, and HRQoL is low in patients with persistent PNES but may normalize with PNES cessation. High introversion and older age at PNES onset are risk factors for persistent PNES.

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middle aged