Violence and postictal psychosis: A comparison of postictal psychosis, interictal psychosis, and postictal confusion

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-166

  Kanemoto, Kousuke ^a   Tadokoro, Yukari ^a   Oshima, Tomohiro ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Interictal psychosis; Postictal confusion; Postictal psychosis; Violence

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; HALOPERIDOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; AUTOMATISM; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTERICTAL PSYCHOSIS; MALE; PARANOIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTICTAL CONFUSION; POSTICTAL PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77957349775     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.018     Document Type: Review

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