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[Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with pseudoseizures: retrospective study conducted in a video-EEG center]
K Mondon1, B de Toffol, J Praline
1Clinique Neurologique, Hôpital Bretonneau, CHRU, Tours. karl.mondon@med.univ-tours.fr
Introduction:
Pseudoseizures involve a group of paroxysmal behavioral symptoms mimicking an epileptic seizure, but without modifications of cerebral electrical activity.
Patients And Method:
In this retrospective study focusing on mental disorders, 37 patients with pseudoseizures were recorded during video-EEG procedure.
Results:
According to DSM-IV criteria, 70 percent of the patients had at least one mental disorder when evaluated. Diagnoses were, in decreasing order of frequency: post-traumatic stress disorders, other anxious disorders, somatoform disorders, dissociative disorders, and mood disorders.
Conclusion:
The strong association between pseudoseizures and post-traumatic stress disorders is discussed. Our results argue in favor of a systematic evaluation of psychiatric comorbidity.
