Sigita Plioplys, MD

Head, Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Program, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Clinical Interests: Pediatric neuropsychiatry, emotional and learning disorders in children with epilepsy, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Psychiatry

Education & Training

Education: University of Vilnius, Lithuania, 1985

Postgraduate Training: Fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry, Children's Memorial Hospital, 1999-2001; Residency in psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996-1999; Residency in neurology, University of Vilnius, Lithuania,1987-1990

Board Certifications: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry

Research

Research Interests: Epilepsy; psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

Publications

Most recent publications

Developing a Clinical Pathway for Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders in Pediatric Hospital Settings Hosp Pediatr9 (3): 147-155
Pediatric Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: A Concise Review Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am27 (1): 53-61
Risk factors for learning problems in youth with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures Epilepsy Behav70 (Pt A): 135-139
Risk factors for comorbid psychopathology in youth with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures Seizure3832-7
Clinic-friendly screening for cognitive and mental health problems in school-aged youth with epilepsy Epilepsy Behav4897-102
Clinicians' views on antiepileptic medication management in nonepileptic seizures J Child Neurol29 (6): 746-50
Association of language dysfunction and age of onset of benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes in children Eur J Paediatr Neurol16 (6): 653-61
Epilepsy and autism: is there a special relationship? Epilepsy Behav23 (3): 193-8
Risk and correlates of autism spectrum disorder in children with epilepsy: a community-based study J Child Neurol26 (5): 540-7
Pediatric psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: a study of assessment tools Epilepsy Behav17 (1): 50-5