NEST
Publications in non-epileptic seizures
This is a selection of the recent relevant publications of the group.
General review articles and book chapters
G Lawton, R Martin, M Reuber (2010) Health related quality of life: Utility and limitations in patients with non-epileptic seizures. In S Schachter and Curt LaFrance (Eds.): Gates and Rowan´s non-epileptic seizures. Cambridge University Press, 149-156.
M Reuber (2010) Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures – quo vadis. Royal College of Psychiatrists Section of Neuropsychiatry News; 1:16-18.
M Reuber (2009) The Etiology of Non-epileptic Seizures: Toward a Biopsychosocial Model. Neurol Clin; 27:909-924.
M Reuber (2008) Psychogenic Non-epileptic seizures: answers and questions. Epilepsy and Behavior; 12:622-635.
M Reuber, CE Elger (2007) Psychogenic Non-epileptic seizures – an overview. In: Steven Schachter (Ed.) Behavioral Aspects of Epileptology. Demos, New York, 411-419.
M Reuber (2005) Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Diagnosis, aetiology, treatment and prognosis. Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry; 156:47-57.
M Reuber (2003) Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures – a comprehensive review. Advances in Neurosciences; 13:175-204.
M Reuber, CE Elger (2003) Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures – review and update. Epilepsy and Behavior; 4:205-216.
RJ Brown (2002) Epilepsy, dissociation and nonepileptic seizures. In MR Trimble & B Schmitz (Eds.) The Neuropsychiatry of Epilepsy. Cambridge University Press, UK, 189-209.
Presentation and differential diagnosis
L Plug, B Sharrack, M Reuber (2010) Metaphors in the description of seizure experiences: common conceptualisations and differential diagnosis. Journal of Cognitive Linguistics; submitted.
J Barry, M Reuber (2010) The use of hypnosis and linguistic analysis to discriminate between patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures and patients with epilepsy. In S Schachter and C LaFrance (Eds.): Gates and Rowan´s non-epileptic seizures. Cambridge University Press, 82-90.
L Plug, B Sharrack, M Reuber (2010) Seizure, fit or attack? The use of diagnostic labels by patients with epileptic and non-epileptic seizures. Applied Linguistics; 31:94-114.
L Plug, B Sharrack, M Reuber (2009) Seizure metaphors differ in patients´ accounts of epileptic and non-epileptic seizures. Epilepsia; 50:994-1000.
M Reuber, C Monzoni, B Sharrack, L Plug (2009) Using Conversation Analysis to distinguish between epileptic and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: a prospective blinded multi-rater study. Epilepsy and Behavior; 16:139-144.
L Plug, B Sharrack, M Reuber (2009) Seizure metaphors differ in patients´ accounts of epileptic and non-epileptic seizures. Epilepsia; 50:994-1000.
R Thompson, C Isaac, G Rowse, C Tooth, M Reuber (2009) What is it like to receive a diagnosis of nonepileptic seizures? Epilepsy & Behavior; 48:505-515
L Plug, M Reuber (2009) Making the diagnosis in patients with blackouts: it's all in the history. Practical Neurology; 9:4-15
M Schwabe, M Reuber, M Schöndienst , E Gülich (2008) Listening to people with seizures: How can Conversation Analysis help in the differential diagnosis of seizure disorders. Communication & Medicine; 5:59-72.
L Plug, B Sharrack, M Reuber (2008) Conversation analysis can help to distinguish between epilepsy and non-epileptic seizure disorders: A case comparison. Seizure; 18:43-50
M Schwabe, S Howell, M Reuber (2007) Differential diagnosis of seizure disorders: a conversation analytic approach. Social Science and Medicine; 65: 712-724.
M Reuber, L Plug (2007) Listening better to people with seizures – Conversation Analysis can help in the differential diagnosis of seizure disorders. Epilepsy Professional; 5:10-14.
M Reuber, G Fernández, J Bauer, C Helmstaedter, CE Elger (2002) Diagnostic delay in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. Neurology; 58:493-495.
M Reuber, S Enright, PJ Goulding (2000), Postoperative Pseudostatus: Not everything that shakes is epilepsy. Anaesthesia; 55:74-79.
Aetiology and Epidemiology
M Reuber, M Kurthen. Consciousness in Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder. Behavioural Neurology, in press.
G Lawton, R Mayor, M Reuber (2009) Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures and health-related quality of life: The relationship with psychological distress and other physical symptoms. Epilepsy & Behavior; 14: 167-171.
M Reuber (2008) Are psychogenic nonepileptic seizures an expression of "neurologic" pathology? In: A Kanner, S Schachter (Eds.): Controversies in Psychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy. Elsevier: San Diego, 2008: 153-178.
N Holman, A Kirkby, S Duncan, RJ Brown (2008) Adult attachment style and childhood interpersonal trauma in non-epileptic attack disorder. Epilepsy Research; 79:84-89.
G Lawton, GA Baker and RJ Brown (2008) Comparison of two types of dissociation in people with epileptic and non-epileptic seizures. Epilepsy and Behavior; 13:333-6.
M Reuber, S Howlett, A Khan, RA Grünewald (2007) Nonepileptic seizures and other functional neurological symptoms: predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factors. Psychosomatics; 48:230-238
M Reuber, G Baker, DF Smith, DW Chadwick (2004) Failure to recognise psychogenic nonepileptic seizures can cause death. Neurology; 62:834-5.
M Reuber, R Pukrop, J Bauer, R Derfuss, CE Elger (2004) Multidimensional assessment of personality pathology in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry; 75:743-8.
M Reuber, R Pukrop, A Mitchell, J Bauer, CE Elger (2003) Clinical relevance of recurrent psychogenic nonepileptic seizure status. Journal of Neurology; 250:1355-1362.
M Reuber, A O House, R Pukrop, J Bauer, CE Elger (2003) Somatization, dissociation and psychopathology in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsy Research; 57:159-167.
AO House (2003) Epidemiology of somatization and somatoform disorders. Psychiatry; 2:13-15.
M Reuber, C Helmstaedter, J Bauer, G Fernández, A Qurishi, G Widman, CE Elger (2003) Are there physical risk factors for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in patients with epilepsy? Seizure; 12:561-567.
M Reuber, G Fernández, J Bauer, DD Singh, CE Elger (2002) Interictal EEG abnormalities in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsia; 43:1013-1020.
M Reuber, G Fernández, J Bauer, DD Singh, CE Elger (2002) Interictal EEG abnormalities in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsia; 43:1013-1020.
M Reuber, M Kurthen, T Kral, CE Elger (2002) New-onset psychogenic seizures after intracranial neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica; 144:901-908.
RJ Brown (2002) Epilepsy, dissociation and nonepileptic seizures. In: M Trimble (Ed) & B Schmitz(Ed): The neuropsychiatry of epilepsy: NY, US. Cambridge University Press, 189-209
M Reuber, M Kurthen, T Kral, CE Elger (2002) New-onset psychogenic seizures after intracranial neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica; 144:901-908.
M Reuber, G Fernández, C Helmstaedter, A Qurishi, CE Elger (2002) Evidence of brain abnormality in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsy and Behavior; 3:246-248.
ES Krishnamoorthy, RJ Brown, MR Trimble (2001) Personality and psychopathology in non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD): A prospective study. Epilepsy & Behavior; 2:418-422.
RJ Brown and MR Trimble (2000) Dissociative psychopathology, non-epileptic seizures, and neurology. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry; 69:285-9.
Treatment
L Hall-Patch, R Brown, A House, S Howlett, S Kemp, G Lawton, R Mayor, P Smith, M Reuber. (2010) Acceptability and effectiveness of a strategy for the communication of the diagnois of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. Epilepsia; 51:71-78.
S Howlett, M Reuber (2009) An augmented model of psychodynamic interpersonal therapy for patients with nonepileptic seizures. Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practise, Training; 46:125-138.
M Reuber, C Burness, S Howlett, J Brazier and R Grunewald (2007) Tailored psychotherapy for patients with functional neurological symptoms: A pilot study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research; 63:625-32.
S Howlett, R Grünewald, A Khan and M Reuber (2007) Engagement in psychological treatment for functional neurologcal symptoms – barriers and solutions. Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training; 44:354-360.
M Reuber, S Howlett and S Kemp (2005) Psychological treatment of patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Expert Review in Neurotherapeutics; 5:737-752.
RA Ruddy and AO House (2005) Psychosocial interventions for conversion disorder. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 4, Art. No.CD005331.
M Reuber, M Kurthen, G Fernández, J Schramm and CE Elger (2002) Epilepsy surgery in patients with additional psychogenic seizures. Archives of Neurology; 59:82-86.
M Reuber and AO House (2002) Treating patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. Current Opinion in Neurology; 15:207-11.
Outcome
R Mayor, S Howlett, R Grunewald, M Reuber (2010) Long-term outcome of brief augmented psychodynamic interpersonal therapy for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Seizure control and health care utilization. Epilepsia; 51:1169-1176.
M Reuber, A Mitchell and CE Elger (2005) Measuring outcome in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: the relevance of seizure remission. Epilepsia; 46:1788-1795.
M Reuber, R Pukrop, J Bauer, C Helmstaedter, N Tessendorf and CE Elger. (2003) Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: 1 to 10 year follow-up in 164 patients. Annals of Neurology; 53:305-311.
Other Relevant Publications
Other functional disorders and medically unexplained symptoms
DM Lloyd, L Mason, RJ Brown, E Poliakoff (2008) Development of a paradigm for measuring somatic disturbance in clinical populations with medically unexplained symptoms. Journal of Psychosomatic Research; 64:21-24.
RJ Brown (2007). Introduction to the special issue on medically unexplained symptoms: Background information and future directions. Clinical Psychology Review; 27:769-780.
S Howlett, RA Grünewald, A Khan, M Reuber (2007) Engagement in psychological treatment for functional neurological symptoms. Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training; 44:354-60.
Brown, R. J. (2006). Medically unexplained symptoms: A new model. Psychiatry, 5, 43-47.
RJ Brown (2006). Medically unexplained symptoms. In N. Tarrier (Ed.): Case Formulation in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: The treatment of challenging and complex cases. London, Brunner-Routledge, 263-292.
M Reuber, AJ Mitchell, SJ Howlett, HL Crimlisk, RA Grünewald (2005) Functional symptoms in neurology: questions and answers. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry; 76:307-314.
RJ Brown (2004). Psychological mechanisms of medically unexplained symptoms: An integrative conceptual model. Psychological Bulletin; 130:793-812.
S Howlett (2004) Writing the link between body and mind – the use of writing with clients suffering from chronic stress-related medical disorders. In Bolton, Howlett et al: Writing Cures : Introductory Handbook of Writing in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
S Hatcher, A House (2003) Life events, difficulties and dilemmas in the onset of chronic fatigue syndrome: a case control study Psychological Medicine; 33:1185-1192
M Reuber, Zeidler M, Chataway J, Sadler M (2000) Epileptic Munchausen syndrome by phone. The Lancet; 356:1358.
Dissociation, conversion disorder and somatisation
RJ Brown, A Schrag, ES Krishnamoorthy, MR Trimble(2008) Are patients with somatization disorder highly suggestible? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica; 117:232-235.
RJ Brown, MR Trimble, (2007) Dissociative disorders. In J Engel Jr. & TA Pedley: Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook. Lippincott–Raven, Philadelphia, 2819-2827.
RJ Brown, E Cardeña, E Nijenhuis, V Sar, O van der Hart (2007) Should conversion disorder be re-classified as a dissociative disorder in DSM-V? Psychosomatics; 48:369-378.
RJ Brown (2006) Different types of "dissociation" have different psychological mechanisms. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation; 7:7-28.
RJ Brown, A Schrag, MR Trimble (2005) Dissociation, childhood interpersonal trauma, and family functioning in patients with somatization disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry; 162:899-905.
RJ Brown (2005). Dissociation and conversion in psychogenic illness. In M Hallett et al (Eds.): Psychogenic Movement Disorders: Psychobiology and Treatment of a Functional Disorder. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 131-143.
RJ Brown, A Schrag, MR Trimble (2005) Dissociation, childhood interpersonal trauma and family functioning in somatization disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry; 162:899-905.
Schrag, A., Brown, R. J. & Trimble, M. R. (2004). The reliability of self-reported diagnoses in patients with somatoform disorder. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 75, 608-611.
A House (2003) Epidemiology of somatization and somatoform disorders. Psychiatry; 2:13-16
RJ Brown, MA Ron (2002) Conversion and Somatoform Disorders. In SV Ramachandran: Encyclopedia of the Human Brain. San Diego: Academic Press,37-49.
C Bass, R Peveler, A House (2001) Somatoform disorders: severe psychiatric illnesses neglected by psychiatrists. British Journal of Psychiatry; 179:11-14.
RJ Brown (2002) The cognitive psychology of dissociative states. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry; 7:221-235.
Psychotherapy
G Bolton, S Howlett, C Lago, JK Wright (eds)(2004) Writing Cures: Introductory Handbook of Writing in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Hove and New York, Brunner-Routledge.
S Howlett, E Guthrie (2001) The Use of Farewell Letters in the Context of Brief Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy with IBS Patients. British Journal of Psychotherapy; 18:52-67.