17th International Conference on Neurology and Spine Disorders
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Accepted Abstracts

Interictal Psychosis – A Case of Psychosis of Epilepsy

Shazia Farheen Qureshi*
Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College Aurangabad, India

Citation: Qureshi SF (2021) Interictal Psychosis – A Case of Psychosis of Epilepsy. SciTech Central Neurology 2021. 

Received: February 06, 2021         Accepted: February 09, 2021         Published: February 09, 2021

Abstract

Epilepsy and mental disorder are comorbid with each other, due to altered cerebral functions. Around 19 to 52 percent of adult patients with epilepsy have psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, psychosis and cognitive and personality changes. This case report recognizes the risk factor for development of psychosis, so clinicians should be vigilant for psychosis in patient with epilepsy. It is also called schizophrenia like psychosis or psychosis of epilepsy and it is under-recognized and under-treated, in child and adolescent patients. Here we present a case of epilepsy presenting with schizophrenia like symptoms and improved with both antipsychotics and antiepileptic.
Keywords: Epilepsy, Psychosis of epilepsy, Schizophrenia like psychosis

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