Demographic and Seizure Variables, But Not Hypnotizability or Dissociation, Differentiated Psychogenic from Organic Seizures
Early detection and differential diagnosis of psychogenicnon-epileptic seizures (PNES) and epileptic seizures (ES) is a majorclinical issue in comprehensive epilepsy centers. Using blind conditionswith patients with PNES (N = 10) and ES (N = 31) before diagnosis,we tested the hypotheses that individuals with PNES would exhibitsignificantly greater dissociativity, hypnotizability, absorption, and h