Conversation analysis in the differential diagnosis of Italian patients with epileptic or psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: A blind prospective study

• Published in: Epilepsy & behavior Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 598 - 604
• Main Authors: Cornaggia, Cesare Maria, Gugliotta, Simona Corinna, Magaudda, Adriana, Alfa, Rossella, Beghi, Massimiliano, Polita, Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Conversation analysis; Diagnosis, Differential; Epilepsy - diagnosis; Epilepsy - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; Neurology; Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures; Psycholinguistics; Seizures - diagnosis; Seizures - physiopathology; Single-Blind Method; Speech - physiology; Young Adult; Italy; Conversation analysis; Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
• ISSN: 1525-5050; 1525-5069; 1525-5069
• DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.09.003

The differential diagnosis of epileptic seizures (ES) and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) is often difficult. The diagnostic gold standard is video-EEG, but this procedure is limited because of its high cost and is not always available. Research groups from Germany and Britain have used co...