[A method for long-term electroencephalographic monitoring in the diagnosis of pseudoseizures]

Fifty-eight patients with psychogenic attacks were studied using continuous monitoring for 3-24 hours. A total of 81 attacks lasting from 5 to 30 min were recorded. The diagnostic value of long-distance, outpatient cassette EEG and video recorder monitoring is undoubted, since it creates the opportunity of simultaneous registration of electroclinical manifestations of paroxysmal and interparoxysmal conditions. The data obtained have shown that the differential diagnosis should be based on the complex of all clinical and electrographic manifestations.