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Psychosis and temporal lobe epilepsy-role of electroconvulsive therapy

Abstract

A 49-year-old female presented for admission with features of being withdrawn, inability to comprehend questions, auditory hallucinations and disorganised thoughts. She also had a previous diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy. She did not respond well to psychotropic medications. During her sleep deprived EEG, she had a brief episode of seizures. Following this, she showed improvement in psychosis for a day or so. Based on this finding, it was …

Authors

Anderson NM; Gadit A

Journal

BMJ Case Reports, Vol. 2012, ,

Publisher

BMJ

DOI

10.1136/bcr.03.2012.6056

ISSN

1757-790X