Editing Talk:Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (section)

==Merger proposal==
The article [[Hystero-epilepsy]] is somewhat unclear, but looks to me to be suggesting that an anecdote about Charcot is worth an entire encyclopedia article. I disagree and suggest we mention "Hystero-epilepsy" as an outdated term for PNES in the article here and delete the Hystero-epilepsy article. Whaddya reckon? --[[User:PaulWicks|PaulWicks]] ([[User talk:PaulWicks|talk]]) 21:21, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
:Yes, I concur.  That article is a stub, and has been for quite a while.  It's unlikely it will ever be developed further. Merging is a good plan.  --[[User:Jack-A-Roe|Jack-A-Roe]] ([[User talk:Jack-A-Roe|talk]]) 21:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
::Only if you can find a reliable source that says Hystero-epilepsy was actually a form of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. It looks that way, and a peculiar one at that -- where the patients presented having nothing resembling epilepsy but were placed in a ward with "similar" patients who displayed "epileptic" attacks and they then hysterically "caught" epilepsy from them.  If you do merge, it needs to have its own section and made quite clear that this was an invented disease and a product of the hospital care these women received. PNES is not an invented disease. [[User:Colin|Colin]]°[[User talk:Colin|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 22:04, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
:::Colin, I think those are fair suggestions and align with what I had in mind. I will await a few more comments before taking action (or not), maybe later this week. --[[User:PaulWicks|PaulWicks]] ([[User talk:PaulWicks|talk]]) 07:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

The hystero-epsily section really needs to be removed outright. It's irrelevant to the actual topic at hand, and makes the article confusing to read. Anyone disagree? [[Special:Contributions/50.135.73.142|50.135.73.142]] ([[User talk:50.135.73.142|talk]]) 02:09, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

:Hi there, I'd say it can probably be trimmed but retained. I will take a scalpel to it and see what we think. --[[User:PaulWicks|PaulWicks]] ([[User talk:PaulWicks|talk]]) 08:53, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

::Looks much better to me. Thanks for the edit. [[Special:Contributions/50.135.73.142|50.135.73.142]] ([[User talk:50.135.73.142|talk]]) 05:34, 23 June 2012 (UTC)