[Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with pseudoseizures: retrospective study conducted in a video-EEG center].
BACKGROUND
Pseudoseizures involve a group of paroxysmal behavioral symptoms mimicking an epileptic seizure, but without modifications of cerebral electrical activity.


METHODS
In this retrospective study focusing on mental disorders, 37 patients with pseudoseizures were recorded during video-EEG procedure.


RESULTS
According to DSM-IV criteria, 70 percent of the patients had at least one mental disorder when evaluated. Diagnoses were, in decreasing order of frequency: post-traumatic stress disorders, other anxious disorders, somatoform disorders, dissociative disorders, and mood disorders.


CONCLUSIONS
The strong association between pseudoseizures and post-traumatic stress disorders is discussed. Our results argue in favor of a systematic evaluation of psychiatric comorbidity.
Mondon
K
K
Clinique Neurologique, Hôpital Bretonneau, CHRU, Tours. karl.mondon@med.univ-tours.fr
de Toffol
B
B
Praline
J
J
Receveur
C
C
Gaillard
P
P
El Hage
W
W
Autret
A
A
D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014741:Video Recording