Stigma surrounding functional seizures

Anne S Hansen^{1

2}, René E Nielsen^{3

4}, Jakob Christensen^{5

6}, Jon Stone⁷, Charlotte U Rask^{5

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark. ansoha@rn.dk.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. ansoha@rn.dk.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
⁵ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁷ Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
⁸ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.

Comment

Anne S Hansen et al. Pediatr Res. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;88(5):684-685.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-1095-z. Epub 2020 Jul 28.

Anne S Hansen^{1

2}, René E Nielsen^{3

4}, Jakob Christensen^{5

6}, Jon Stone⁷, Charlotte U Rask^{5

8}

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark. ansoha@rn.dk.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. ansoha@rn.dk.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
⁵ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁶ Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
⁷ Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
⁸ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.

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Incidence rates and characteristics of pediatric onset psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
Hansen AS, Rask CU, Rodrigo-Domingo M, Pristed SG, Christensen J, Nielsen RE. Hansen AS, et al. Pediatr Res. 2020 Nov;88(5):796-803. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-0945-z. Epub 2020 May 11. Pediatr Res. 2020. PMID: 32392575

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