Authors
Laura H Goldstein, Emily J Robinson, John DC Mellers, Jon Stone, Alan Carson, Markus Reuber, Nick Medford, Paul McCrone, Joanna Murray, Mark P Richardson, Izabela Pilecka, Carole Eastwood, Michele Moore, Iris Mosweu, Iain Perdue, Sabine Landau, Trudie Chalder, AM Abe, N Adab, N Agrawal, H Allroggen, D Alvares, T Andrews, H Angus-Leppan, J Aram, R Armstrong, A Atalaia, M Bagary, M Baldellou Lopez, M Bennett, T Black, D Blackburn, M Bodani, M Broadhurst, A Brockington, E Bruno, M Buckley, C Burness, H Callaghan, R Chalmers, S Chong, M Chowdhury, F Chowdury, K Cikurel, G Cocco, H Cock, S Cooper, S Cope, A Copping, E Day, R Delamont, G Dennis, C Derry, R Devlin, JM Dickson, B Diehl, C Donnelly, S Duncan, M Edwards, S Ellawella, C Ellis, J Elvish, R Elwes, S Eriemo, S Eriksson, K Evans, R Faruqui, S Feehan, G Finnerty, L Flores, N Firth, R Fung, P Gardiner, C Graham, Z Green-Thompson, R Grunewald, R Hadden, K Hamandi, R Harding, S Harikrishnan, S Harrison, H Healy, C Hewamadduma, S Higgins, S Howell, H Hunt, A Hussain, M Innocente, G Jensch, M Johnson, H Jordan, J Karlsson, A Kelso, S Kemp, J Knibb, N Kock, M Koutroumanidis, S Kovac, G Kumar, A Laker, G Leschziner, R Liu, D Lozsadi, L Ludwig, B MacDonald, L MacGregor, M Maguire, M Manford, D Martino, D McCorry, A McGorlick, K McKeown, F McKevitt, A Meadow, S Memon, A Miorelli, C Mitchell, TN Mitchell, V Moffitt, N Moran, A Morgan-Boon, J Moriarty, M Mula, N Mullatti, L Nashef, D O'Hara, L Oakley, S O'Sullivan, L Page, D Patel, P Petrochilos, D Phoenix, W Pickerell, T Pieters, N Poole, G Price, D Protheroe, P Pullicino, J Purnell, J Quirk, S Rajakulendran, J Read, B Ridha, C Rockliffe-Fidler, C Rowbottom, F Rugg-Gunn, A Sachar, R Saha, G Saldanha, S Samarasekera
Publication date
2020/6/1
Journal
The Lancet Psychiatry
Volume
7
Issue
6
Pages
491-505
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Background
Dissociative seizures are paroxysmal events resembling epilepsy or syncope with characteristic features that allow them to be distinguished from other medical conditions. We aimed to compare the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) plus standardised medical care with standardised medical care alone for the reduction of dissociative seizure frequency.
Methods
In this pragmatic, parallel-arm, multicentre randomised controlled trial, we initially recruited participants at 27 neurology or epilepsy services in England, Scotland, and Wales. Adults (≥18 years) who had dissociative seizures in the previous 8 weeks and no epileptic seizures in the previous 12 months were subsequently randomly assigned (1:1) from 17 liaison or neuropsychiatry services following psychiatric assessment, to receive standardised medical care or CBT plus standardised medical care, using a web-based system …
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