Psychiatric complications in a patient with complex partial seizures.
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.
Blumberg
H P
HP
Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, New York 10021, USA.
Kanwal
G S
GS
Relkin
N
N
Mattis
S
S
Viederman
M
M
Makari
G J
GJ
D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D015897:Comorbidity; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000009:adverse effects
D010672:Phenytoin