TITLE:
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures in Men: Comparison of Clinical and Psychosocial Features between Afro-American and Caucasian Patients
AUTHORS:
Abuhuziefa Abubakr, Ilse Wambacq
KEYWORDS:
Psychogenic, Nonepileptic, Seizures, Caucasian, Afro-American, Males
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science,
Vol.4 No.9,
September
12,
2014
ABSTRACT: PNES represents an alternative diagnosis for refractory epilepsy in the EMU, however it is less frequent in males. The impact of ethnicity on PNES was evaluated retrospectively in 54 males with confirmed diagnosis of PNES. We evaluated and compared the demographic, clinical and psycho-social characteristics of both AAMs and WMs. In both AAMs and CMS, over half of all patients were