Resources

All the downloads contained in this website are listed below. 

How to save documents/audio files to your computer

• Right-click on the link

• Select ‘Save link as...’

• A new window opens allowing you to select the folder on your computer where you would like to save the file.

• Choose the correct folder and click ‘Save’.

If you have issues viewing a PDF file you can download the Adobe Reader software and open the files there.

Text downloads (PDF format)

• Abdominal breathing technique (25KB)

• Attacks/emotions diary (34KB)

• Healthy eating suggestions (47KB)

• Non-epileptic seizures patient information leaflet (356KB)

• NEST Booklet

• Patienteninformation dissoziative Anfälle (a German adaptation of the NEST booklet by Andreas Schulze-Bonhage, University of Freiburg)

• Problem solving worksheet (108KB)

• Relapse prevention form (31KB)

• Relaxation technique (25KB)

• Sensory grounding (28KB)

• Sleep hygiene suggestions (87KB)

• Taking control of your non-epileptic seizures leaflet (262KB)

• Time out technique (25KB)

• What people should do if I have an attack? (17KB)

• Words to describe emotions (27KB)

Audio and video downloads

Full-length documentary about NEAD (in English, but with subtitles in several other languages):

• dis-sociated

Relaxation technique

• Male (WMA, 14.6MB)

• Female (WMA, 11.2MB)

Useful websites

• FNDhope

• FNDaction

• Functional and Dissociative Neurological Symptoms

• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Neurology Psychotherapy Service

• Neurokid

• Psychogenic Seizures - Illuminating, helping, empowering

• Enlighten – Tackling Epilepsy

• Epilepsy Action

• European Society for Trauma and Dissociation

• National Society for Epilepsy

• Citizen's Advice Bureau

• Department of Health & Social Care

• GOV.UK – Benefits

• DVLA

• Jobcentre Plus

Books

• In Our Words: Personal Accounts of Living with Nonepileptic Seizures

• Nonepileptic Seizures in Our Experience: Accounts of Healthcare Professionals

• Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: A Guide

• FND stories - personal and professional experiences of Funcational Neurological Disorder