A blinded pilot study of artwork in a comprehensive epilepsy center population

Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

“…Using the MMPI-2 and clinical variables recently yielded 80% sensitivity and specificity for NES diagnosis between 57 patients with epileptic seizure and 51 with NES [40 ]. The dramatic personality of patients with NES was illustrated in a blinded pilot study of artwork drawn by patients with epileptic seizures and NES [41]. The authors calculated an 80% positive predictive value for NES existed if subjects used 10 or more colors to draw their seizures.…”

A series of drawings of a patient with schizophrenia-like psychosis associated with epilepsy: Captured illustration of multifaced selfexpression

“…Compared to other type of epilepsy free drawing is most sensitive to complex partial seizures with temporal focus 7 . It is a rare case, but drawing-induced epilepsy has been described with the focus in the right frontal lobe parietally spreaded, which is in accord with the current cognitive and neural network models of drawing 15 .…”

“…Epilepsy-associated stigma in adolescents and adults lead to social withdrawal and loneliness worldwide 16 , but art work may arise understanding of these patients 17 .…”

“…ve the quality of life 6 . To explore the artwork produced by patients with epilepsy rare controlled studies were performed 7 . Drawing is a complex neurological task and may give an insight into mental processes and neuropsychological deficit, but it have been underutilized in patients with epilepsy 8 .…”

Development and use of the art therapy seizure assessment sculpture on an inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit

“…For a highly creative person, visual expression may be a preferred method of communication, and for many it can feel safer and less restrictive than verbalizing emotions [8] . There has been some research that demonstrated that art therapy can be useful in managing the myriad of related psychosocial issues for people with epilepsy, but more is needed [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] . Art therapy is an often underused approach with epilepsy patients, but it may be useful to help patients better manage the comorbid symptoms related to a diagnosis of epilepsy or PNES.…”