The risk for mortality is around twofold higher in patients with functional seizures than in those without seizure disorders ...

Patients with functional seizures had slightly better cognitive performance than those with epilepsy, but worse performance compared with a healthy cohort of patients, according to a systematic review ...

A new guideline by the American Academy of Neurology says psychological interventions are possibly effective in helping people achieve freedom from functional seizures. Functional seizures, previously ...

Psychological interventions may be effective for achieving freedom from functional seizures, according to new practice guidelines issued by the American Academy of Neurology and published online Dec.

The death rate for patients with functional, nonepileptic seizures is higher than expected, with a rate comparable to epilepsy and severe mental illness, a Michigan Medicine-led study finds. A team of ...

To help neurologists, mental health clinicians and other clinicians determine the best ways to help people manage functional seizures, the American Academy of Neurology has issued a new guideline.

Clinician-scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that significantly improves diagnostic accuracy for functional seizures—a ...

Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is a complex and often misunderstood condition that affects how the brain and body ...

What “started as chest pain, tics and seizure-looking episodes” eventually “affected my entire body,” she said. “I wasn’t able to go to school and wasn’t able to get any answers. I lost my memory and ...