Beyond the seizures: Addressing psychosocial disabilities in functional/dissociative seizures

Chrisma Pretorius

doi:10.4102/ajod.v14i0.1682

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Beyond the seizures: Addressing psychosocial disabilities in functional/dissociative seizures

Chrisma Pretorius

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Chrisma Pretorius, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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Keywords

Functional/dissociative seizures; Epileptic seizures; Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures; psychosocial challenges; psychosocial disability; South Africa

Sustainable Development Goal

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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