Psychiatric complications in a patient with complex partial seizures

H P Blumberg; G S Kanwal; N Relkin; S Mattis; M Viederman; G J Makari

doi:10.1176/ajp.153.3.404

Psychiatric complications in a patient with complex partial seizures

Am J Psychiatry. 1996 Mar;153(3):404-5. doi: 10.1176/ajp.153.3.404.

Authors

H P Blumberg¹, G S Kanwal, N Relkin, S Mattis, M Viederman, G J Makari

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, New York 10021, USA.

PMID: 8610830
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.3.404

Abstract

This case highlights the complexities of evaluating and treating psychiatric symptoms that are concurrent with a seizure disorder. Interictal and postictal psychoses, affective disorders, personality changes, and cognitive deficits are common problems that require modified psychiatric treatments.

Publication types

Clinical Conference
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Atrophy / pathology
Brain / pathology
Brain Diseases / chemically induced
Comorbidity
Epilepsy, Complex Partial / drug therapy
Epilepsy, Complex Partial / epidemiology*
Epilepsy, Complex Partial / pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
Mental Disorders / epidemiology
Neuropsychological Tests
Phenytoin / adverse effects

Substances

Phenytoin