Non-epileptic psychogenic seizures are an important clinical problem. The author presents the current opinion on their etiology and discusses contemporary diagnostic options in clinical neurology, i.e. history, neurological, psychological and psychiatric evaluation, laboratory tests and evaluation of the patient during a seizure. He deals with the importance of video-EEG monitoring and suggestive induction of a seizure.

        Key words: pseudoseizure, non-epileptic seizure, video-EEG, diagnostic methods