Editing Talk:Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (section)

== Trying to introduce a note of caution and balance ==

Hi all,

This page is looking quite good, but I did notice some rather bold claims e.g. PNES are caused by childhood trauma and repressed memories. They could well be, but many would disagree. That's just one hypothesis. 

It would be nice to raise the evidential standards on this page a little, if not to the level of mainstream medical pages, at least a bit higher. I've made a few attempts, but would welcome feedback and further contributions. Things I found concerning (you might spot others):

 - there is no scientific consensus as to what causes PNES. We have various theories - all quite different - but they are no more than that. In some places, theory was presented as fact, and this is a bad look.

 - there is some evidence to support a role for past trauma, and some to support a role for personality characteristics. But also plenty of studies that support neither.. Need to show balance here.

 - when describing theories that are contentious and widely disputed, the phrasing didn't always make that clear.  e.g., Instead of "PNES are caused by childhood abuse", better to say "One theory is that PNES are caused by childhood abuse" (then give supporting evidence and alternative views)

Further suggestions, feedback welcome.  <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Wilshica|Wilshica]] ([[User talk:Wilshica|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Wilshica|contribs]]) 01:35, 20 July 2015 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->