Seizures: psychiatric presentations
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Seizures: psychiatric presentations. Anger, Rage, Aggression, Screaming, Fear, Happiness, Ecstasy. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Behavioural and emotional manifestations
- Anger
- Rage
- Aggression
- Screaming
- Fear
- Happiness
- Ecstasy
Psychiatric manifestations
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Psychiatric co-morbidities
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Suicide risk: predictors
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References
- Chang RS, Leung CYW, Ho CCA, Yung A. Classifications of seizures and epilepsies, where are we? A brief historical review and update. J Formos Med Assoc 2017; pii: S0929-6646(17)30147-X (Epub ahead of print).
- Fisher RS, Cross JH, D'Souza C, et al. Instruction manual for the ILAE 2017 operational classification of seizure types. Epilepsia 2017; 58:531-542.
- Bartolomei F, Trébuchon A, Gavaret M, Régis J, Wendling F, Chauvel P. Acute alteration of emotional behaviour in epileptic seizures is related to transient desynchrony in emotion-regulation networks. Clin Neurophysiol 2005; 116:2473-2479.
- Di Giacomo R, Didato G, Belcastro V, et al. Rage and aggressive behaviour in frontal lobe epilepsy: description of a case and review of the mechanisms of aggressive behaviour in epilepsy and dementia. Epileptic Disord 2021; 23:419-425.
- Tassinari CA, Tassi L, Calandra-Buonaura G, et al. Biting behavior, aggression, and seizures. Epilepsia 2005; 46:654-663.
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