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Patrick Kwan

2 papers in the library · publishing 2015-2026

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The therapeutic effect of breathing interventions for functional seizures: A scoping review.

Epilepsy & Behavior February 23, 2026 Jade-Jocelyne Zouki, Hua Ye, Alfred Pak-Kwan Lo et al.

Functional/Dissociative Seizures (FDS) are presentations that appear like epileptic seizures but occur without abnormal cortical electrical activity in the brain. Abnormal respiratory patterns, particularly hyperventilation, have been frequently observed in people with FDS, suggesting this may be a potential therapeutic target. This scoping review aimed to explore the various applications of...

Mindfulness-based therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy: An assessor-blinded randomized trial.

Neurology September 29, 2015 Venus Tang, Wai S Poon, Patrick Kwan

To investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy (MT) and social support (SS) in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. We performed an assessor-blinded randomized control trial. Sixty patients with drug-resistant epilepsy were randomly allocated to MT or SS (30 per group). Each group received 4 biweekly intervention sessions. The primary outcome was the change in the total score...