Barbara Dworetzky, MD, on the Challenges of Diagnosing PNES

In this podcast, Barbara Ann Dworetzky, MD, outlines the challenges associated with diagnosing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), how neurologists and other providers can overcome these challenges, and more.

Additional Resources:

• Dworetzky BA. Diagnostic challenges. Presented as part of the Annual Fundamentals Symposium: Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: From Challenges to Practical Management at: American Epilepsy Society’s 2019 Annual Meeting; December 6-10, 2019; Baltimore, MD. https://meeting.aesnet.org/program/annual-fundamentals-symposium-psychogenic-nonepileptic-seizures-challenges-practical. Accessed December 10, 2019.
• PNES: Psychogenic Non Epileptic Seizures. https://nonepilepticseizures.com/. Accessed December 10, 2019. 
• Stone J. Functional Neurological Disorder (FND): A Patient’s Guide. http://neurosymptoms.org/. Updated December 2018. Accessed December 10, 2019.

Barbara Ann Dworetzky, MD, is chief of the Division of Epilepsy and EEG (electroencephalogram) in the Neurology department and a professor of neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.