title: Limbic lobe epilepsy with paranoid symptoms: analysis of clinical features and psychological tests.
abstract: Ten cases of limbic epilepsy with paranoid symptoms were compared with 10 cases of limbic epilepsy without paranoid symptoms and 10 cases of primary generalized epilepsy ( GTC ). The clinical features (onset of seizures, their duration, combination with GTC , seizure control, social adaptability and laterality of foci) and psychological tests (WAIS, Bender-Gestalt, MPI, Y-G, Rorschach) were analyzed. Paranoid epileptics showed poor social adaptation in spite of the seizures being better controlled. They had a low performance IQ, a low object assembly test and a low picture completion test in WAIS. They were less extroversive in MPI, less aggressive and more introversive in the Yatabe -Gilford test. In the Rorschach test, they had a high color response and a form response but the form level was low.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008032:Limbic System; D008875:Middle Aged; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012917:Social Adjustment