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Presentation: This case report was from a patient who was seen by neurologists at Truman medical Center with seemingly intractable seizure activities on the maximal dosing of multiple anti-seizure medication trials. After long-term follow up and multiple-time EEG testing, patient was finally diagnosed with Psychological non-epileptic seizure (PNES), also known as pseudo-seizure in the layman’s term. The presentation’s goals are to introduce some background knowledge about PNES, highlight the difference between PNES and epilepsy, and upgrade the new diagnostic criteria of PNES from DSM-V and novel management approaches. The presentation aims to reach a wide audience of practitioners in the field and helps them further understand PNES, which may be severely underestimated and unrecognized among patients with mental illness.
Objectives:
- Introduce clinical features of PNES
- Understand the DSM-5 criteria for PNES and related Conversion Disorder
- Upgrade new approaches to manage PNES