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Premorbid psychiatric risk factors for postictal psychosis.
The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences - 1 Jan 2001
Alper K, Devinsky O, Westbrook L, Luciano D, Pacia S, Perrine K, Vazquez B
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Postictal psychosis (PIP) is a common and clinically significant sequela of inpatient epilepsy monitoring. A series of 622 patients with complex partial epilepsy undergoing video-EEG evaluations as candidates for epilepsy surgery were evaluated, by structured psychiatric interview, for individual and family psychiatric histories, depression, anxiety, and features of personality disorders. No patient had psychotic...
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