5-1-12: Unraveling Pseudoseizures

Seizures are life changing medical events…but new research shows that about a third of the patients who think they’re experiencing seizures actually are not. The study shows that stress can create symptoms extremely similar to seizures. Doctors are calling these events “Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures.”

One of those doctors joins us this morning to explain the research: Jason Brandt, director of the Medical Psychology Division at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He’s also the senior investigator in this new study on “pseudo-seizures.”

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