A Case of Co-Existence of Idiopathic Epileptic and Psychogenic Convulsions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19307804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | BLAISE PASQUARELLI (Ohio University Chillicothe, corresponding author), Leopold Bellak (St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1947 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 137-139 |
| Publication date | 1947-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00006842-194703000-00009 |
| PMID | 20293650 |
| OpenAlex | W2410181924 |
| Language | EN |
A case has been presented in which an apparently genuine idiopathic cerebral dysrhythmia with manifest convulsive disorders existed ever since the age of 4 or 5 (with an unclarified attack of “influenza” at that time). For the past two and onehalf years this disorder existed concomitantly with convulsions of a different pattern which started with an emotional trauma and were apparently of an hysterical nature. Hysterical convulsions could be induced and stopped under hypnosis and genuine epileptic seizures produced at night on post-hypnotic orders. A close relationship between the two disorders was apparent
Epilepsy · Psychiatry · Psychogenic disease · Epilepsy research and treatment · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |