Risk factors for learning problems in youth with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

• Published in: Epilepsy & behavior Vol. 70; no. Pt A; pp. 135 - 139
• Main Authors: Doss, Julia, Caplan, Rochelle, Siddarth, Prabha, Bursch, Brenda, Falcone, Tatiana, Forgey, Marcy, Hinman, Kyle, LaFrance Jr, W. Curt, Laptook, Rebecca, Shaw, Richard, Weisbrot, Deborah, Willis, Matthew, Plioplys, Sigita
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Anxiety - diagnosis; Anxiety - epidemiology; Anxiety - psychology; Bullying; Child; Epilepsy; Female; Humans; Learning Disorders - diagnosis; Learning Disorders - epidemiology; Learning Disorders - psychology; Learning problems; Male; Neurology; Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures; Risk Factors; Seizures - diagnosis; Seizures - epidemiology; Seizures - psychology; Siblings - psychology; Somatoform Disorders - diagnosis; Somatoform Disorders - epidemiology; Somatoform Disorders - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Learning problems; Adolescents; Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures; Epilepsy; Risk factors

This study examined the risk factors for learning problems (LP) in pediatric psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and their specificity by comparing psychopathology, medical, cognitive/linguistic/achievement, bullying history, and parent education variables between subjects with PNES with and w...