Talking therapy reduces the impact of dissociative seizures

An NIHR-funded and supported study has found that adding cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to standardised medical care gives patients with dissociative seizures longer periods of seizure freedom, less bothersome seizures and a greater quality of life.

Findings from the study, led by researchers at King’s College London, are now published in the Lancet Psychiatry.

The CODES trial involved 368 patients from centres across England, Scotland and Wales, including three from Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. 

Read more on the NIHR website.