Type of neurological disorder
Medical condition
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures Other names Pseudoseizure, non-epileptic seizure, dissociative non-epileptic seizure, FNEA (functional non-epileptic attacks), NEAD (non-epileptic attack disorder)[ 1] Specialty Neurology , psychiatry
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES ), also referred to as pseudoseizures , non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD ), functional seizures , or dissociative seizures,[ 2] [ 3] are episodes resembling an epileptic seizure but without the characteristic electrical discharges associated with epilepsy .[ 4] [ 3] PNES fall under the category of disorders known as functional neurological disorders (FND)[ 5] and are typically treated by psychologists or psychiatrists.
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