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  2. Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure - Wikipedia

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    Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), also referred to as pseudoseizures, non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD), functional seizures, or dissociative seizures, [2] [3] are episodes resembling an epileptic seizure but without the characteristic electrical discharges associated with epilepsy.

  3. Conversion disorder - Wikipedia

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    An evolutionary psychology explanation for conversion disorder is that the symptoms may have been evolutionarily advantageous during warfare. A non-combatant with these symptoms signals non-verbally, possibly to someone speaking a different language, that she or he is not dangerous as a combatant and also may be carrying some form of dangerous ...

  4. Psychogenic disease - Wikipedia

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    Classified as a "conversion disorder" by the DSM-IV, a psychogenic disease is a condition in which mental stressors cause physical symptoms matching other disorders. The manifestation of physical symptoms without biologically identifiable cause results from disruptions in normal brain function due to psychological stress.

  5. Non-epileptic seizure - Wikipedia

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    Non-epileptic seizures (NES), also known as pseudoseizures, non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD), functional seizures, or dissociative seizures, are paroxysmal events that appear similar to an epileptic seizure, but do not involve abnormal, rhythmic discharges of neurons in the brain. [1]

  6. Automatism (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Automatism is a set of brief unconscious or automatic behaviors, [1] typically at least several seconds or minutes, while the subject is unaware of actions. This type of automatic behavior often occurs in certain types of epilepsy, such as complex partial seizures in those with temporal lobe epilepsy, [2] or as a side effect of particular medications such as zolpidem.

  7. Glossary of psychiatry - Wikipedia

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    This glossary covers terms found in the psychiatric literature; the word origins are primarily Greek, but there are also Latin, French, German, and English terms. Many of these terms refer to expressions dating from the early days of psychiatry in Europe; some are deprecated, and thus are of historic interest.

  8. Category:Disorders causing seizures - Wikipedia

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    Epilepsy (7 C, 55 P) S. Stroke (4 C, 38 P) Pages in category "Disorders causing seizures" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total.

  9. Epilepsy syndromes - Wikipedia

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    An epilepsy syndrome is defined as "a characteristic cluster of clinical and Electroencephalography (EEG) features, often supported by specific etiological findings (structural, genetic, metabolic, immune, and infectious)." [1] Syndromes are characterized by seizure types and specific findings on EEGs. Epilepsy syndromes often begin, and may ...