Blackouts caused by epilepsy, NEAD/PNES or fainting? - Nathan Pevy

Today we are talking to Nathan Pevy, a Ph.D. student from Sheffield Uni looking into the differences between types of losses of consciousness - covering epilepsy, PNES (Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures)/NEAD (Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder), and Syncope (fainting); to figure out how to more effectively diagnose each. After all, to many, each can look pretty similar and we aren’t keen on misdiagnoses… Nathan has both a degree in psychology and a master's in computational neuroscience, and is now mixing the two in his Ph.D. to benefit people affected by the aforementioned! **GET INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT** “Using a 'digital doctor' for diagnosis”: https://theipep.shef.ac.uk/projectSummary Patient Information Sheet: https://theipep.shef.ac.uk/patientInformationExternal Witness Information Sheet: https://theipep.shef.ac.uk/witnessInformationExternal Consent to Contact Form: https://theipep.shef.ac.uk/interest **ANY QUESTIONS FOR NATHAN?** [email protected] **CHECK OUT NATHAN** https://twitter.com/nathanpevy Sheffield Uni: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/engineering/about/equality-diversity-inclusion/nathans-story **CHECK OUT THE YOUTUBE VIDEO WITH NATHAN** YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TorieRobinson/videos **CONNECT WITH TORIE** Website: https://www.torierobinson.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/torierobinson10 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/torierobinson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TorieRobinsonSpeaker **CHECK OUT TORIE’S YOUTUBE & BLOG** YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TorieRobinson Blog: https://www.torierobinson.com/blog **HIRE TORIE AS A SPEAKER ON EPILEPSY, MENTAL HEALTH, DISABILITY, & DIVERSITY** https://www.torierobinson.com/contact