2008/02/26 by Orrin Devinsky · 1 citation
Medicine · #Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments #Schizophrenia research and treatment #Epilepsy research and treatment #Irritability #Medicine #Psychosis #Psychiatry #Disturbance (geology) #Medical emergency #Cognition
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1535-7511.2008.00227.x
openalex publication_date 2008/02/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
Postical psychosis often complicates chronic epilepsy, especially in patients with seizure clusters that include tonic-clonic seizures, bilateral cerebral dysfunction (e.g., bilateral epileptiform activity or history of encephalitis), and a family history of psychiatric illness. Psychosis includes delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations, mood changes, and aggressive behavior. It typically emerges after a lucid interval of hours or days after the last seizure. This treatable disorder is associated with serious morbidity and mortality.