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Chapter 30 - Family Therapy for Patients Diagnosed with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

from Section 5 - Treatment Considerations for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2018

By
Abigail K. Mansfield ,
Richard C. Archambault  and
Christine E. Ryan
Edited by
W. Curt LaFrance, Jr  and
Steven C. Schachter
W. Curt LaFrance, Jr
Affiliation:
Brown Medical School, Providence
Steven C. Schachter
Affiliation:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
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Gates and Rowan's Nonepileptic Seizures , pp. 310 - 324
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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