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Lead
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
With
Special Trustees for St Thomas' and Guy's Hospitals
Preliminary results from a pilot study demonstrated that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is associated with a significant benefit for patients with dissociative seizures. The current study aims to extend these findings by conducting a randomised controlled trial comparing CBT with standard outpatient medical care. Standard outpatient care has been chosen as the comparison treatment as it most closely resembles what is currently offered to this group of patients by the National Health Service. The primary outcome measure will be seizure frequency. Secondary outcome measures will be work and social adjustment and health service use.
Our hypothesis is that CBT will be superior to standard outpatient care for patients with dissociative seizures as determined by the above measures.
Age
16–70
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
clinical diagnosis of dissociative seizures
diagnosis confirmed by video EEG telemetry where practicable
aged 16 - 70
You may not be if
co existent diagnosis (past or present) of epilepsy
seizure frequency of less than 2 seizures per month
current alcohol or drug abuse
benzodiazepine use exceeding the equivalent of 10mg diazepam per day.
