From Positive Sign to Self-Management: Real-Time Interruption Training in Functional Seizures

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28 Oct 2026 0 comments

Functional seizures are diagnosed through positive clinical and electroclinical features, but translating diagnosis into immediate self-management remains challenging. We describe seven consecutive patients in whom an observed functional or suspected functional seizure was used to teach event interruption through alternating finger tapping and conversational attentional redirection, followed by box breathing for self-management. Habitual events lasted a median of 10 minutes (range 4-45). Six...