Dissociative symptoms and epilepsy

Medford, Nick

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.09.038

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“…The findings support and extend previous research into dissociative phenomena in patients with DS compared to healthy controls on measures such as the DIS-Q (e.g., Ozcetin et al, 2009;van der Kruijs et al, 2012) and DES (e.g., Goldstein et al, 2000;O'Brien et al, 2015). Previous negative findings in some studies which compared patients with ES and DS could be due to organicallymediated symptoms superficially resembling dissociation occurring during some ES (Medford, 2014). In contrast to measures such as the DIS-Q and the DES, the use of the MDI in the current study has provided a more detailed analysis of the specific types of psychological dissociation experienced in this group.…”

Section: Dissociationsupporting

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“…Goldstein et al 2000; O'Brien et al 2015). Previous negative findings in some studies which compared patients with ES and DS could be due to organically-mediated symptoms superficially resembling dissociation occurring during some ES (Medford, 2014). In contrast to measures such as the DIS-Q and the DES, the use of the MDI in the current study has provided a more detailed analysis of the specific types of psychological dissociation experienced in this group.…”

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Dissociation in patients with dissociative seizures: relationships with trauma and seizure symptoms

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Mellers

2017

Psychol. Med.

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Section: Dissociationsupporting

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Dissociation in patients with dissociative seizures: relationships with trauma and seizure symptoms

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Mellers

2017

Psychol. Med.

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“…In support of this, the two phenomena share common anatomical substrates. 34 Patients with subclinical dissociative identity disorder accompanied by symptoms of dissociation show impaired interoceptive accuracy on HTTs. 16 Similar findings are apparent in patients with symptoms of depersonalization, 35 and in patients with somatoform disorders there is a negative correlation between symptom load and interoceptive accuracy.…”

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Trait and state interoceptive abnormalities are associated with dissociation and seizure frequency in patients with functional seizures

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“…It is known that complex partial seizures may resemble certain dissociative phenomena, e.g., altered sense of self and amnesia, fugue states, dissociative convulsions, and disturbed consciousness 3,6,8 . The symptoms of depersonalization/derealization associated with the temporal or frontotemporal EEG abnormalities responding to anticonvulsant treatment have been reported 6 .…”

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Dissociative experiences in patients with epilepsy

Özdemir

Çilingir

Özdemir

et al. 2016

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Dissociative disorders are characterized by a disruption of and/or discontinuity in the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior 1 . Dissociative experiences occur on a continuum ranging from the minor or normative dissociative states such as absorbtion or daydreaming customary to daily life to pathological states such as dissociative identity disorder 2 . The prevalence rates has varied from a low of 1.0% to a high of 12.8% depending on the cut-off point indicative of pathological dissociative symptomatology 3,4 . The Dissociative Experience Scale (DES) is the most widely used standard screening tool utilized for assessing dissociative symptoms 3,4,5 .The strong linkages of dissociation to childhood emotional, physical or sexual trauma have long been recognized. Dissociation is considered to serve as a defense mechanism againts intolerable, trauma-associated memories and feelings 4 . Despite dissociative disorders are conceptualized in a separate spectrum, pathological dissociation has been demonstrated to be higly co-occurring condition with mental disorders including posttraumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorders, anxiety and mood disorders, and substance use disorder 4 . Dissociative experiences can also be observed in different types of brain pathology such as epilepsy, head injuiry, tumor, encephalitis and intoxication 6,7 . AbstrACtA few studies have explored dissociative experiences in epilepsy patients. We investigated dissociative experiences in patients with epilepsy using the dissociative experiences scale (DES). Ninety-eight patients with epilepsy and sixty healthy controls were enrolled in this study. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were administered to the participants. The DES scores were significantly higher for the patients with epilepsy than the healthy individuals. The number of individuals with pathological dissociation (DES ≥ 30) was higher in the epilepsy group (n = 28) than in the control group (n = 8). Also, higher levels of dissociation were significantly associated with frequency of seizures, but were not associated with duration of epilepsy and age at onset of the disorder. These findings demonstrate that patients with epilepsy are more prone to dissociation than controls. The high rate of dissociative experiences among patients with epilepsy suggest that some epilepsy-related factors are present.Keywords: dissociative experiences, epilepsy. Palavras-chave: experiências dissociativas, epilepsia.

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Dissociative symptoms and epilepsy

Cited by 16 publications

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Dissociation in patients with dissociative seizures: relationships with trauma and seizure symptoms

Dissociation in patients with dissociative seizures: relationships with trauma and seizure symptoms

Trait and state interoceptive abnormalities are associated with dissociation and seizure frequency in patients with functional seizures

Dissociative experiences in patients with epilepsy

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