Webinar for Behavioral Health Providers: An Overview of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

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Originally published on October 14, 2019.

Webinar on Thursday, November 7, 2019, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. ET

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Join us for an educational webinar, “An Overview of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures.” Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are a common and complex disorder consisting of recurrent events that mimic or can be confused with epileptic seizures.

Although these events are called seizures, they are not seizures. Their occurrence is not associated with concurrent abnormal electrical activity of the brain. PNES is a heterogenous disorder with different causes. Psychiatric causes can often, but not always be identified. A multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of PNES benefits individuals impacted by this disorder. Behavioral health providers are critical members of the multidisciplinary teams that provide care for patients affected by PNES.

Webinar

“An Overview of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures”

• Date: Thursday, November 7, 2019
• Time: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. ET

Find Out

• Who can be affected by PNES?
• Risk factors for developing PNES
• Comorbid psychiatric disorders and PNES
• Acceptance of the diagnosis of PNES
• A multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of PNES
• Prognosis and long- term outcomes in PNES

Moderator

Ron Manderscheid PhD
Executive Director, National Association of County Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Directors
Executive Director, National Association for Rural Mental Health
Adjunct Professor, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California
Adjunct Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Guest Speakers

Andres M. Kanner MD, FANA, FAAN, FAES
Professor of Clinical Neurology
Head of the Epilepsy Section
Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Co-Editor in Chief, epilepsy.com

Elaine Kiriakopoulos MD, MSc
Director, Health Communications and Engagement
Epilepsy Foundation
Clinical Research Associate. Department of Neurology
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, NH

This program is made possible with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under cooperative agreement number 1U58DP0026256-03-00, CFDA 93.850. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC.