A clinical trial to study the families with an individual diagnosed with psychogenic epilepsy (dissociative seizures/ pseudo seizures)

Development of family intervention for psychogenic epilepsy: Exploratory sequential design

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2020/08/027356

Enrollment

Registered

2020-08-24

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: F445- Conversion disorder with seizuresor convulsions

Interventions

Intervention1: Family intervention: Initially the researcher will conduct a detailed interview with the participants and their family. Based on the interviews, analysis will be done and a family inter

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: A young adult diagnosed with psychogenic epilepsy (dissociative seizures/pseudoseizures), Nuclear family, Ability to speak in either Kannada / English

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Physical disability comorbid epilepsy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reduction of seizures,and GHQ scoresTimepoint: over a period of one month	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Family functioningTimepoint: one month	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSneha C S

CHRIST (Deemed to be University)

jayasankara.reddy@christuniversity.in

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026