Inpatient treatment of adults with dissociative seizures on psychotherapy wards of German epilepsy centers. English Version

For many patients, the in-depth self-reported and third-party medical history-taking that is performed on admission to hospital is a wholly new experience and provides an opportunity to discuss parts of their experience about which they had previously felt emotionally isolated or remained fearfully silent. Infobox Characteristics of conversational behavior as a differential diagnostic tool in epileptic vs. dissociative seizures [3] (See section on “Diagnostic work-up”) In contrast to the usual medical approach, all psychotherapeutic approaches to perception are first and foremost geared toward the patient’s own relevance judgments. The effort involved is compensated by the multitude of treatment approaches that result. A phased approach that includes case-specific individual treatment modules, which can be carried out in an individual or group setting, is useful.