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Evaluation of a body psychotherapy based group treatment program for dissociative seizures: a randomized controlled trial.

Institution: Charité University Berlin, Department of Psychosomatics
Applicant: Dr. med. Philine Senf-Beckenbach

Funding line:
First and Second Applications
Model of seizure development, taken from the group therapy program „CORDIS“

Dissociative (psychogenic non-epileptic) seizures are common. In epilepsy centers, up to 1/3 of all patients suffer from dissociative seizures. The seizures appear similar to epileptic seizures, but they have a different etiology, usually they are caused by psychological problems. Patients with dissociative seizures are often switching between neurology and psychosomatics because of unclear clinical responsibilities, which causes problems in the course of treatment. So far, there are no guidelines for the treatment of dissociative seizures and only a few methodologically high-quality studies on this topic. In our project, we are developing a German-language, disorder-specific treatment program for people with dissociative seizures (CORDIS), which we are evaluating in a controlled randomized study.

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