Characteristics of postictal psychosis in a psychiatric center

Hsing Cheng Liu*, Chin Hung Chen, I. Jin Yeh, Sing Ming Sung

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The clinical characteristics of 12 cases of postictal psychosis treated at Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei, Taiwan, were retrospectively reviewed. Increased seizure frequency, especially with generalized tonic-clonic seizures, was the major risk factor predisposing to postictal psychosis. The psychotic symptoms were variable with delusions and/or hallucinations. These patients showed a much longer history of epilepsy (21.9 ± 10.7 years) prior to the development of postictal psychosis than has been previously reported. The possible mechanisms in the pathophysiology of psychosis in epileptics were discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)635-639
Number of pages5
JournalPsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Volume55
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Epilepsy
  • Postictal psychosis
  • Psychosis

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