Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures in individuals with intellectual disability/borderline cognitive function: characterization through a comparison study

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are paroxysmal, time-limited, involuntary manifestations of behavioral, motor, sensory, or cognitive nature that resemble epileptic seizures but without their defining excessive synchronous cortical activity on electroencephalography (EEG). In most cases, PNES are interpreted as unintentional responses to psychological stressors [1], and individuals with PNES meet the criteria for the diagnosis of conversion disorder (functional neurological disorder) [2,3].

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