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The term pseudoseizures and hysterical<unk> s are historical terms that are now discouraged.
Accurate diagnosis is best achieved via a detailed history, physical examination, selected testing, and neurology and/or psychiatry evaluation.
Epidemiology
Estimated incidence rate ranges from 1.5 to 5 per 100,000 persons per year.
Estimate prevalence 2 to 33 per 100,000 persons.
More common in women
Etiology
There may be a history of sexual abuse, eating disorders, depression, substance abuse, anxiety disorders or personality disorders, and the episode may be preceded by a stressful event
Dissociative disorders and conversion disorders are felt to be the underlying cause to most episodes of<unk> .
Some patients may have both<unk> s and true epileptiform<unk> s
Estimated incidence rate ranges from 1.5 to 5 per 100,000 persons per year.
Estimate prevalence 2 to 33 per 100,000 persons.
More common in women
There may be a history of sexual abuse, eating disorders, depression, substance abuse, anxiety disorders or personality disorders, and the episode may be preceded by a stressful event
Dissociative disorders and conversion disorders are felt to be the underlying cause to most episodes of<unk> .
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure
Epileptic seizure
Febrile seizure
First-time seizure
Seizure with known seizure disorder
Alcohol withdrawal seizures
Status epilepticus
Transient ischemic attack