1. Post-traumatic factors are involved in the evolution of the number of seizures in patients with PNES
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Julien Biberon, Martine Lemeles Martin, Jan Chrusciel, Stéphane Sanche, Marion Gagny, Louis Maillard, Louise Grenevald, Anne Thiriaux, Coraline Hingray, Bertrand de Toffol, Raymund Schwan, Wissam El Hage, Irina Klemina, Mylène Meyer, Jean François Visseaux, Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy [Laxou] (CPN), Service de neurologie [CHRU Nancy], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL), Centre Hospitalier de Troyes, UMR 1253 IBrain Imagerie & Cerveau Equipe 3 'Imagerie, Biomarqueurs & Thérapie' (IBT), Imagerie et cerveau (iBrain - Inserm U1253 - UNIV Tours ), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Service de Neurophysiologie Clinique (CHU Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), UMR 1253 IBrain Imagerie & Cerveau Equipe 1 : 'Psychiatrie Neuro-Fonctionnelle' (PNF), and Université de Tours-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Tours-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU TOURS)
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Dissociation (neuropsychology) ,PNES ,Dissociative Disorders ,[SPI.AUTO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Automatic ,Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic ,03 medical and health sciences ,Behavioral Neuroscience ,Epilepsy ,0302 clinical medicine ,Alexithymia ,Seizures ,medicine ,Psychogenic disease ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,business.industry ,PTSD ,Electroencephalography ,medicine.disease ,Prognosis ,Seizure ,Anxiety Disorders ,Neurology ,Structured interview ,Anxiety ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Dissociation ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
International audience; Objective: The purpose of this prospective study was to identify predictive factors of the evolution of the number of seizures.Methods: We included 85 individuals with a diagnosis of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizure (PNES) who completed at least two clinical interviews spaced by 6 months during a 24-month follow-up. Participants underwent a structured interview with an experimented clinician in PNES to complete standardized evaluation and validated scales. We collected sociodemographic and clinical data on PNES (number of seizures, duration of the disease), anxiety, depression, history of traumas, alexithymia, dissociation, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We used a multivariate linear regression analysis to predict the characteristics independently associated with the evolution of the number of seizures in percentage.Results: Dissociation score was significantly associated with a negative evolution of the number of seizures (p < 0.002). Conversely, the diagnosis of PTSD at inclusion was correlated to a positive evolution of the number of seizures (p < 0.029).Conclusion: Dissociation was related to a more pejorative evolution of the number of seizures while PTSD diagnosis was associated with a decreased number of seizures. It is therefore essential to improve detection and treatment of post-traumatic dissociation. Further studies are required to understand the impact of PTSD on the evolution of the number of seizures.
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- 2020
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