Psychiatric aspects of complex partial seizures: case report.
A patient is described who had a personal and family history of rage attacks, mood disturbance, and epileptiform EEGs. The patient achieved a return to emotional stability with the introduction of anticonvulsant drug therapy. Symptoms relapsed and then remitted as anticonvulsants were stopped and then reinstituted.
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D000786:Anger; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D011889:Rage; D014754:Violence
D000927:Anticonvulsants