Conversion disorder is a psychiatric condition in which a person develops physical symptoms that are not under voluntary control and are not explained by a neurological disease or another medical ...

Seizures do not get classified as epilepsy unless the seizures are recurrent. A version of this article was first published January 22, 2021, by HCPro's Revenue Cycle Advisor, a sibling publication to ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 69 and take medications for blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as plenty of vitamins. I have had many medical conditions (e.g., Meniere's disease and lower back pain) that ...

What Is a Seizure and What Is Epilepsy? Seizures, abnormal movements or behavior due to unusual electrical activity in the brain, are a symptom of epilepsy. But not all people who appear to have ...

Psychiatric disorders (MD and/or AD) were detected in approximately 40% of patients with MTLE. Pharmacoresistant epilepsy was significantly linked with comorbid psychiatric disorders. Positive family ...

The children and adults who experience these seizures suffer endlessly. But their parents, families and loved ones suffer as well. Standard anti-epileptic drug (AED) therapy typically fails to control ...

Recurrent febrile seizures in children are associated with an elevated risk for epilepsy and psychiatric disorders, with increased mortality among individuals who developed epilepsy, according to ...