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Psychiatric Disorders Seen in Correlation with Epileptic Seizures

Received: 9 January 2014     Accepted: 5 May 2014     Published: 10 May 2014
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Abstract

Psychiatric morbidity in cases of epilepsy are frequently seen in our clinical practice. Epileptic seizures and subsequent sequelae leave behind triggers for development of psychiatric disorders. Among the commonly seen psychiatric disorders are depression, psychosis, personality disorders and various other phenomenology’s which is cited in this article.

Published in American Journal of Life Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajls.20140202.22
Page(s) 108-116
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Keywords

Epilepsy, Psychosis, Epileptic Personality, Depression, Catastrophic Reaction, Psychiatric Morbidity

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  • Department of Psychiatry, Command hospital, Pune- 40, India

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