Treatment of Functional Seizures in Children and Adolescents: A Mind-Body Manual for Health Professionals by Blanche Savage, Catherine Chudleigh, Clare Hawkes, Stephen Scher, Kasia Kozlowska ISBN 9781925644623, 9781925644616, 1925644626, 1925644618 instant download

Treatment of Functional Seizures in Children and Adolescents: A Mind-Body Manual for Health Professionals by Blanche Savage, Catherine Chudleigh, Clare Hawkes, Stephen Scher, Kasia Kozlowska ISBN 9781925644623, 9781925644616, 1925644626, 1925644618 instant download

This treatment manual stems from a program developed by the mind-body team at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, a tertiary care paediatric hospital in New South Wales, Australia. The team’s Mind-Body Program, organised as part of a consultation-liaison psychiatry service within the Department of Psychological Medicine, works with young people who present with functional somatic symptoms, including functional seizures. This manual describes treatment interventions for functional seizures developed over the last 20 years through clinical trial and error, by translating research findings into clinical practice, and by evaluating treatment interventions through prospective cohort studies. It provides general guidelines, methods, and insights for clinicians as they approach the care of each individual patient. The goal of treatment is for young people to return to good health and to normal functioning and wellbeing.