Childhood trauma in patients with self-reported stress-precipitated seizures

This is from a presentation that highlighted that stress is the most commonly reported seizure precipitant.

These are highlights from the research

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  We examined Childhood Trauma Questionnaire scores and stress-precipitated seizures.
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  Emotional abuse was significantly higher in the group with stress-precipitated seizures.
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  Total score and sexual abuse scores showed a trend.
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  Stress-precipitated seizures are associated with childhood traumatic experiences.