Functional / dissociative seizures resources

For patients

Books

For adults

English:

Taking Control of Your Seizures: Workbook
Reiter, Joel M., et al. Oxford Academic. Published online: September 2015. DOI: 10.1093/med:psych/9780199335015.001.0001

Psychogenic non-epileptic seziures: A guide. Lorna Myers. Published 25 January 2014 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

French:

Prendre le contrôle de vos crises (non) épileptiques : Guide du patient
Joel M Reiter, Donna Andrews, Charlotte Reiter, W. Curt LaFrance. Traducion per Coraline Hingray et Wissam El-Hage. Date de parution : mars 2018. Editeur Pu.francois Rabelais.

Les crises non épileptiques psychogènes (CNEP). Dr Coraline Hingray, editeur LaRéponseDuPsy.

Spanish:

Crisis no epilepticas psicogenas: una guia. Lorna Myers. Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (11 October 2016).

For children

English:

Living with Neurological Symptoms in Childhood: A self-help resource pack for young people, parents and professionals about non-epileptic attack disorders
By Jack Garlovsky & Cheryl Newton

Fact sheets

For adults

English:

American Epilepsy Society Clinician Information Sheet on PNES

Videos

For adults

English:

dis-sociated - The first feature documentary on dissociative seizures (NEAD, PNES)

Epilepsy Foundation webinar on Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES)

Spanish:

Testimony of a patient with Dissociative Seizures

Epilepsy Week 2020 - Dr. Sarudiansky speaking about Dissociative Seizures

For professionals

Books

English:

Treatment of Functional Seizures in Children and Adolescents: A Mind-Body Manual for Health Professionals
Savage, B., Chudleigh, C., Hawkes, C., Scher, S., Kozlowska, K. (2022). Australia: Australian Academic Press.

Treating Nonepileptic Seizures: Therapist Guide (Treatments That Work)
W. Curt LaFrance, JR and Jeffrey Peter Wincze. (2015). Oxford University Press.

French:

Traiter les crises (non) épileptiques: Guide du thérapeute
W. Curt LaFrance, JR and Jeffrey Peter Wincze. (2018). RABELAIS.

ILAE Functional / Dissociative Seizures Task Force publications

The aetiology of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: risk factors and comorbidities
Popkirov, S., Asadi-Pooya, A.A., Duncan, R., Gigineishvili, D., Hingray, C., Miguel Kanner, A., LaFrance, W.C., Pretorius, C., Reuber, M. Epileptic Disorders. First published: 17 January 2020. DOI: 10.1684/epd.2019.1107 

Driving a motor vehicle and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: ILAE Report by the Task Force on Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
Asadi-Pooya AA, Nicholson TR, Pick S, et al. Epilepsia Open. First published: 28 May 2020. DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12408

PNES around the world: Where we are now and how we can close the diagnosis and treatment gaps—an ILAE PNES Task Force report
Kanemoto, K., LaFrance, W.C., Jr., Duncan, R., Gigineishvili, D., Park, S.-P., Tadokoro, Y., Ikeda, H., Paul, R., Zhou, D., Taniguchi, G., Kerr, M., Oshima, T., Jin, K. and Reuber, M. Epilepsia Open. First published: 09 May 2017. DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12060

Access to diagnostic and therapeutic facilities for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: An international survey by the ILAE PNES Task Force
Hingray C, El-Hage W, Duncan R, et al. Epilepsia. First published: 20 November 2017. DOI: 10.1111/epi.13952

Minimum requirements for the diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A staged approach
W. Curt LaFrance Jr., Gus A. Baker, Rod Duncan, Laura H. Goldstein, Markus Reuber. Epilepsia. First published: 20 September 2013. DOI: 10.1111/epi.12356