Interoceptive awareness and emotion regulation in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) and patients with epileptic seizures
- Conditions
- F44.5G40Dissociative convulsionsEpilepsy
- Registration Number
- DRKS00018098
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
Righthandedness, either PNES or epileptic seizures
Exclusion Criteria
Relevant somatic diseases, illegal drugs, excessive drinking (> 14 units per week). Contraindication against a MRI study (pregnancy, ferromagnetic implants, etc.).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Aim of the project is to study interoceptive processing and emotion regulation in patients with epileptic and non-epileptic seizures. We measure differences in neuronal activation (BOLD, blood oxygenation level dependent) related to interoceptive processing and emotion regulation, collected at one point in time.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ratings performed by the patients during the fMRI task, as well as results from psychological questionnaires related to mood and life events, collected at one point in time.