Volume 26, Issue 1
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2017.1010
Psychological Interventions for Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES)
Abstract
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES) pose a clinical challenge because of the diagnostic difficulty due to the complexity of their manifestations, etiology and comorbility. The aim of this paper is to outline the available psychological treatments developed to deal with PNES. To fulfill this purpose a literature search was carried out across the databases Medline, Latindex, Redalyc, Cochrane Collaboration EBSCO and Lilacs. Within the designs intended to deal with PNES, three models of psychotherapeutic approach stand out, due to the positive outcome measurements of their interventions: two cognitive-behavioral based interventions and the augmented model of Interpersonal Therapy. These findings are analyzed taking into account their methodological and clinical limitations.
Keywords
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, psychological treatments, cognitive-behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy