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Frustration with professional organizations and associations

Mon, 09/05/2005 - 16:18
I am very frustrated with the lack of response I have received in regards to my requests for more information from professional groups and organizations. I have repeatedly emailed them for more information on Nonepileptic Seizures, from which my wife suffers. There is little research being done into this type of seizures because it brings up the spector of sexual abuse of children (a leading cause of NES) and researchers don't want to deal with this subject. It is important to note that NES are treated as a "psychological" problem and not through neurologists. But the psychological community has little to say. I have requested and received no replies from the following: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AMERICAN PSYCHOANALYTIC ASSOCIATION Searches on their web sites shows how little they have in the way of acknowledging these seizures and their horrible effects. There is actually more reseach being done by those who study Epilepsy, notably the work of Orin Devinsky, Tim Betts, Curt LaFrance and others. Teft

Comments

NES

Submitted by spiz on Mon, 2005-09-19 - 17:31
Teft, Try out www.emedicine.com for information on NES. I looked it up there and it had alot as well as bibliographies. From what I read on there and here, it is a sadly ignored condition. The information I read on it says it is now referred to as PNES. I hope it helps! Smiles -Spiz

Re: NES

Submitted by sheila7000 on Sat, 2007-09-01 - 19:32
Try EFT to see if it might help for treatment of it. There's a site at http://www.emofree.com/ .

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