Characteristics of postictal psychosis in a psychiatric center

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

doi:10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00917.x

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

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review

11 Scopus citations

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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	635-639
Number of pages	5
Journal	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Volume	55
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00917.x
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Epilepsy
Postictal psychosis
Psychosis

Access to Document

10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00917.x

Cite this

@article{963ba6e146a24aa3b529ce1507db4b7b,

title = "Characteristics of postictal psychosis in a psychiatric center",

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.",

keywords = "Epilepsy, Postictal psychosis, Psychosis",

author = "Liu, \{Hsing Cheng\} and Chen, \{Chin Hung\} and Yeh, \{I. Jin\} and Sung, \{Sing Ming\}",

year = "2001",

doi = "10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00917.x",

language = "英语",

volume = "55",

pages = "635--639",

journal = "Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences",

issn = "1323-1316",

publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",

number = "6",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Characteristics of postictal psychosis in a psychiatric center

AU - Liu, Hsing Cheng

AU - Chen, Chin Hung

AU - Yeh, I. Jin

AU - Sung, Sing Ming

PY - 2001

Y1 - 2001

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Epilepsy

KW - Postictal psychosis

KW - Psychosis

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0035212673

U2 - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00917.x

DO - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00917.x

M3 - 文章

C2 - 11737798

AN - SCOPUS:0035212673

SN - 1323-1316

VL - 55

SP - 635

EP - 639

JO - Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

JF - Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

IS - 6

ER -

Characteristics of postictal psychosis in a psychiatric center

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this