Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: The effect of accurate diagnosis on cognition.

Objective: Much remains to be elucidated about the cognitive profile of patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) and about how this changes over time and compares to that of patients with epilepsy. The aim of this study was to study the neuropsychological profile of patients with PNES and an age-matched group of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) during admission to a video electroencephalography monitoring unit (VEMU) and 1 year after discharge.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with PNES or TLE at a VEMU were prospectively recruited.