Emotion processing and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: A cross-sectional comparison of patients and healthy controls

Highlights • PNES patients reported greater emotion processing deficits than healthy volunteers. • Impaired emotion processing was associated with greater psychological distress. • Deficits in emotion processing were related to more severe somatic symptoms. • Impaired emotion processing was associat...

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Published in:Seizure (London, England) England), 2015-07, Vol.29, p.4-10
Main Authors: Novakova, Barbora, Howlett, Stephanie, Baker, Roger, Reuber, Markus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Avoidance
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dissociative disorder
Emotion processing
Emotions
Female
Health-related quality of life
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neurology
Non-epileptic seizures
Psychophysiologic Disorders - therapy
Psychotherapy
Seizures - etiology
Seizures - psychology
Seizures - therapy
Self Report
Somatic symptoms
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • PNES patients reported greater emotion processing deficits than healthy volunteers. • Impaired emotion processing was associated with greater psychological distress. • Deficits in emotion processing were related to more severe somatic symptoms. • Impaired emotion processing was associated with threatening view of the symptoms. • Emotion processing problems were associated with reduced mental health functioning.
ISSN:1059-1311
1532-2688
DOI:10.1016/j.seizure.2015.03.007