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Adachi N, Onuma T, Kato M, Sekimoto M, Okazaki M, Hara K, Ishii R, Ito M, Akanuma N, Fenwick P. Psychoses after an antiepileptic drug administration: Frequency, timing, and duration. Epilepsy Behav 2023; 140:109087. [PMID: 36702055 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To clarify the pathophysiology of psychoses after the new administration of antiepileptic drugs (AED), we analyzed the annual incidence, timing of development, and duration of episodes. METHODS Psychotic outcomes in the first 6-month period after an AED or non-AED administration in patients with focal epilepsy were exhaustively reviewed in eight Japanese neuropsychiatry institutions. In cases with psychotic episodes, the subtype of psychosis, timing of development, previous history of psychosis, and duration of the episode were evaluated. RESULTS Between 1981 and 2015, 5018 new drugs (4402 AED and 616 non-AED) were administered to 2067 patients with focal epilepsy. In the first 6-month period, 105 psychotic episodes occurred (81 interictal psychosis [IIP] and 24 postictal psychosis). Furthermore, 55 cases were first episodes and 50 were recurrent episodes. The frequency of psychoses is significantly higher after AED administration (n = 102) compared with non-AED administration (n = 3). Psychosis occurred most frequently in the initial 1-month period after new-AED administration and tended to decrease with increasing time. The estimated annual incidence of all psychoses after a new AED administration was 3.5% (2.0% for first-episode psychosis and 1.8% for first-episode IIP). Duration of psychoses (mean, 38.5 weeks) was equivalent to overall IIP. Duration of IIP did not shorten with discontinuation of newly administered AED. SIGNIFICANCE Patients with epilepsy exhibit psychosis more frequently after new AED administration than after non-AED administration. This study shows the pathophysiology of psychoses after AED administration with annual incidence, the timing of development, and the duration of PAP, which have rarely been reported.
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- Naoto Adachi
- Adachi Mental Clinic, Sapporo, Japan; National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan.
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- National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan; Musashino Kokubunji Clinic, Kokubunji, Japan
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- National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan; Musashino Kokubunji Clinic, Kokubunji, Japan
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- National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan; Musashino Kokubunji Clinic, Kokubunji, Japan
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- National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan; Jozen Clinic, Sapporo, Japan
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- National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan; South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Jaballah F, Romdhane I, Nasri J, Ferhi M, Bellazrag N, Saidi Y, Mannaii J. Focal epilepsy and psychosis symptoms: A case report and review of the literature. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2022; 84:104862. [PMID: 36582880 PMCID: PMC9793167 DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Epilepsy is still a real mental health problem; although most epilepsies are curable, their psychopathological consequences are often significant and complex to manage. In this framework, the association of epilepsy with psychotic disorders has long been known. Case presentation To discuss the links between epilepsy and psychosis, we report the observation of a 52-year-old man, treated for complex focal epilepsy, admitted to a psychiatric department for auditory and visual hallucinations and a behavioural disorder not improved by antiepileptic treatment alone or an antipsychotic alone. Discussion Psychotic symptoms in epilepsy can be part of intercritical, post-critical or alternative psychoses. In our patient's case, the psychotic symptoms were post-critical and alternative. It was probably an associated schizophreniform disorder. Emotional indifference and activity restriction are rarely encountered in this setting, while rapid mood fluctuations are frequent. Delusional themes are often mystical, fueled by auditory and unusual visual hallucinations. Negative disorders are rare. Conclusion Epileptic psychoses have not been identified as nosographic entities in the psychiatric classification systems (DSM-V and ICD-10), which poses a problem in recognizing these disorders. Therefore, a collaboration between psychiatrists and neurologists is necessary to understand this complex comorbidity better, avoid diagnostic errors, and optimize management.
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- Fares Jaballah
- Corresponding author. Mohamed Rchid Ridha, Ksar hallal, 5070, Tunisia.
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Adachi N, Ito M. Epilepsy in patients with schizophrenia: Pathophysiology and basic treatments. Epilepsy Behav 2022; 127:108520. [PMID: 34999502 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder that may lead to epilepsy. However, there are limited findings on the issues. This narrative review aimed to provide a practical perspective on epilepsy in patients with schizophrenia using the current treatment systems for epilepsy. While there has been a debate on the relationship between epilepsy and schizophrenia, i.e., antagonism, affinity, and coincidence, recent large cohort studies have revealed a high frequency of epilepsy in patients with schizophrenia (4-5 times higher than that of general population). The high incidence observed is likely to be due to the bidirectionality between epilepsy and schizophrenia and additional schizophrenia-related conditions, e.g., antipsychotic drugs (APD), substance abuse, and head injury. As for symptomatology of epilepsy, only one small-size study showed that seizures of patients with schizophrenia are equivalent to those of patients without schizophrenia. Patients with schizophrenia exhibit the first seizure in their twenties or later, which are mostly focal seizures. Most of seizures in patients with schizophrenia can be controlled with conventional antiepileptic drugs. Few patients with schizophrenia develop treatment-resistant epilepsy. However, since drug interactions can be more complicated due to multiple conditions, such as pre-existing polypharmacy, heavy smoking, irregular eating, and comorbid metabolic disorders, cautious monitoring for clinical symptoms is required. To improve seizure control and adherence, non-pharmacological approaches are also recommended. Thus far, for seizure treatments in patients with schizophrenia, we have to use many empirical findings or substitute certain findings from population without schizophrenia because evidence is insufficient. The accumulation of clinical findings may contribute to the development of efficient treatment systems.
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- Naoto Adachi
- Adachi Mental Clinic, Sapporo, Japan; Jozen Clinic, Sapporo, Japan.
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Kanemoto K. Psychotic Disorders in Epilepsy: Do They Differ from Primary Psychosis? Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2021; 55:183-208. [PMID: 34426945 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2021_234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Any attempt to compare the definitions of symptoms listed for "primary psychoses" with those adopted in studies of psychoses in patients with epilepsy (PWE) will encounter problems of heterogeneity within both conditions. In this manuscript, five psychotic illnesses listed in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th Edition (DSM-5), that is, brief psychotic illness, schizophreniform disorder, schizophrenia, delusional disorder, and schizoaffective disorder are compared with postictal (or periictal) and interictal psychotic disorders in PWE. After examining definitions of primary psychoses, definitions of psychoses adopted in the papers dealing with postictal and interictal psychoses are summarized. Further, diagnostic criteria of five types of psychotic disorders in PWE proposed in 2007 by Krishnamoorthy et al. are also discussed, which include postictal psychosis, comorbid schizophrenia, iatrogenic psychosis caused by antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) (AED-induced psychotic disorder: AIPD), and forced normalization. Evidently, a comparison between postictal psychosis and schizophrenia is pointless. Likewise, schizophrenia may not be an appropriate counterpart of forced normalization and AIPD, given their acute or subacute course.Based on these preliminary examinations, three questions are selected to compare primary psychoses and psychoses in PWE: Is postictal psychosis different from a brief psychotic disorder? Does epilepsy facilitate or prevent the development of psychosis or vice versa? Is interictal psychosis of epilepsy different from process schizophrenia? In conclusion, antagonism between psychosis and epileptic seizures in a later stage of active epilepsy seems not to be realized without reorganization of the nervous system promoted during an earlier stage. Both genetic predisposition and the summated effects of epileptic activity must be taken into consideration as part of a trial to explain interictal psychosis. Interictal psychosis is an aggregate of miscellaneous disorders, that is, co-morbid schizophrenia, AED-induced psychotic disorders, forced normalization, and "epileptic" interictal psychosis. Data are lacking to conclude whether differences exist between process schizophrenia and "epileptic" interictal psychosis in terms of negative symptoms, specific personal traits, and the "bizarre-ness" of delusory-hallucinatory contents. These discussions may shed light on the essence of process schizophrenia, thus allowing it stand out and receive increased focus.
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Akanuma N, Adachi N, Fenwick P, Ito M, Okazaki M, Hara K, Ishii R, Sekimoto M, Kato M, Onuma T. Individual vulnerabilities to psychosis after antiepileptic drug administration. BMJ Neurol Open 2021; 2:e000036. [PMID: 33681791 PMCID: PMC7903174 DOI: 10.1136/bmjno-2019-000036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2019] [Revised: 07/19/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background Psychosis often develops after the administration of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in patients with epilepsy. However, the individual vulnerability and clinical condition of such patients have been rarely scrutinised. We investigated the effect of individually consistent (trait-dependent) and inconsistent (state-dependent) characteristics. Methods The individual characteristics, clinical states and psychotic outcome of patients from eight adult epilepsy clinics were retrospectively reviewed over 6-month periods after a new drug (AED or non-AED) administration between 1981 and 2015. Results A total of 5018 new drugs (4402 AEDs and 616 non-AEDs) were used in 2015 patients with focal epilepsy. Subsequently, 105 psychotic episodes (81 interictal and 24 postictal) occurred in 89 patients. Twelve patients exhibited multiple episodes after different AED administrations. Trait-dependent characteristics (early onset of epilepsy, known presumed causes of epilepsy, lower intellectual function and a family history of psychosis) were significantly associated with the patients who exhibited psychosis. Absence of family history of epilepsy was also associated with psychosis but not significantly. Subsequent logistic regression analysis with a model incorporating family history of psychosis and epilepsy, and intellectual function was the most appropriate (p=0.000). State-dependent characteristics, including previous psychotic history and epilepsy-related variables (longer duration of epilepsy, AED administration, higher seizure frequency and concomitant use of AEDs) were significantly associated with psychotic episodes. Subsequent analysis found that a model including AED administration and previous psychotic history was the most appropriate (p=0.000). Conclusion Psychosis occurring after new AED administration was related to the individual vulnerability to psychosis and intractability of epilepsy.
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- Nozomi Akanuma
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Centre Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan
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- Department of Psychiaty, University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Konishi R, Kanemoto K. Psychosis rarely occurs in patients with late-onset focal epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2020; 111:107295. [PMID: 32759070 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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AIMS We examined psychosis occurrence in patients with late-onset focal epilepsy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Case records of consecutive patients with focal epilepsy without central nervous system (CNS) disease (n = 873) were retrospectively examined, with gender, age at epilepsy onset, duration of epilepsy, epilepsy type (temporal or extratemporal), and age at the initial examination used as clinical and demographic variables. Patients with onset ≤49 years old (control) were compared with those with late-onset. RESULTS In the control group (n = 775), 38 had a history of psychosis, while none in the late-onset group (n = 98) reported that (p = 0.016). Psychosis was only interictal in 32 and predominantly postictal in 6, while 2 patients showed both interictal and postictal psychosis. Duration of illness (p = 0.000001) and temporal lobe epilepsy (p = 0.000343) were significant determinants associated with psychosis. Gender (p = 0.210) and age at examination (p = 0.084) were found to be not contributory to psychosis. DISCUSSION The prevalence for a history of psychosis in the present cohort (2.5%) agrees well with that noted in previous studies, and duration of illness proved to be the most powerful determining factor leading to that. A keen awareness of unrecognized underlying CNS or metabolic disease is important when psychosis appears in patients with nonlesional late-onset epilepsy, which should lead to an in-depth investigation of possible underlying and still uncovered CNS disease.
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- Rino Konishi
- Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, Reginal Epilepsy Center, Aichi Medical University, Japan.
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- Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, Reginal Epilepsy Center, Aichi Medical University, Japan
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Tarrada A, Hingray C, Sachdev P, Le Thien MA, Kanemoto K, de Toffol B. Epileptic psychoses are underrecognized by French neurologists and psychiatrists. Epilepsy Behav 2019; 100:106528. [PMID: 31654941 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.106528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study evaluates the knowledge about psychotic disorders associated with epilepsy among medical practitioners in France. A self-report questionnaire was sent, and responses of 486 participants were collected. Results showed the rate of correct responses being higher among neurologists compared to psychiatrists, respectively 70.6% and 58.3% (p < 10-11). The highest rate of correct responses was found for the participants trained in epileptology (71%), and a regression analysis confirmed that epilepsy-training was the most influential variable. However, we found that knowledge about epileptic psychosis was imprecise among all participants: current classification was not known to most participants (77%), there were false beliefs concerning postictal confusion and psychosis (41%), and both prevalence and duration of postictal psychosis were not well-known. There is the first survey to highlight such gaps of knowledge, and hopefully lead to measures to remedy this, especially specialists such as psychiatrists, neurologists, and epileptologists who may be called upon to treat such patients.
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- Alexis Tarrada
- Department of neurology, University Hospital of Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France; Psychiatry department, psychotherapeutic center of Nancy, CPN, 54520 Laxou, France
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- Department of neurology, University Hospital of Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France; Psychiatry department, psychotherapeutic center of Nancy, CPN, 54520 Laxou, France
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- Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Hospices civils de Lyon, Direction des Systèmes D'information, 69003 Lyon, France
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- Aichi Medical University, Neuropsychiatric Department, Nagakute, Japan
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- Service de Neurologie & Neurophysiologie Clinique, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France; UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, Inserm, France.
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Adachi N, Fenwick P, Akanuma N, Hara K, Ishii R, Okazaki M, Ito M, Sekimoto M, Kato M, Onuma T. Increased frequency of psychosis after second-generation antiepileptic drug administration in adults with focal epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2019; 97:138-143. [PMID: 31252268 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 06/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Many studies show psychoses after some antiepileptic drug (AED) administrations (post-AED administration psychoses [PAP]). It remains uncertain about psychogenetic potential of each AED and effects of clinical state factors on PAP. We examined the relations between AED-related factors (types, generations, dosages, and concomitant AED) and PAP. METHODS The clinical records of patients with focal epilepsy were retrospectively reviewed from eight adult epilepsy clinics, for every six-month period after administration of a new drug (either AED or non-AED) between 1981 and 2015. Characteristics of psychotic episodes, AED-related factors (type, daily dosage, and concomitant AED), and other state-related risk factors to psychosis (age, duration of epilepsy, history of psychosis, and seizure frequency) were examined. Psychogenetic risks of AED-related and state-related factors were analyzed with multifactorial procedures. RESULTS Of 2067 patients with focal epilepsy, 5018 new drugs (4402 AEDs and 616 non-AEDs) were administered. Within the first six-month period, 89 patients exhibited 105 psychotic episodes (81 interictal and 24 postictal psychoses: 55 first episodes and 50 recurrences). With second-generation AED (SAED) administration, particularly topiramate and lamotrigine, frequency of psychosis was significantly increased. Daily dosage of AED was not significantly associated with psychosis. Psychosis tended to occur with a higher number of concomitant AED. Subsequent analysis with AED-related and general factors showed that SAED administrations and previous psychotic history were the most significant risks for PAP. CONCLUSION Post-AED administration psychoses is associated with type of AED (SAED), rather than its dosage. Individual vulnerabilities are also associated with PAP.
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- Naoto Adachi
- Adachi Mental Clinic, Sapporo, Japan; National Centre Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan.
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- Institute of Psychiatry [emeritus], King's College London, London, UK
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- National Centre Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan; Lambeth Assessment, Liaison and Treatment Team, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- National Centre Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan
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- National Centre Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan; Jozen Clinic, Sapporo, Japan
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- National Centre Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan; Musashino Kokubunji Clinic, Kokubunji, Japan
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- National Centre Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan; Musashino Kokubunji Clinic, Kokubunji, Japan
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- National Centre Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, NCNP, Kodaira, Japan; Musashino Kokubunji Clinic, Kokubunji, Japan
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Hamed SA, Attiah FA. Psychosis in adults with epilepsy and its relationship to demographic, clinical and treatment variables. Neurol Res 2019; 41:959-966. [PMID: 31280704 DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2019.1638017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Objectives: Psychiatric symptoms and disorders are commonly reported with epilepsy. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of interictal psychosis (IIP) in adults with epilepsy and its risk predictors. Methods: The study included 710 patients (mean age: 36.40 years; age at onset: 13.58 years; duration of epilepsy: 22.80 years). All underwent neurological and psychiatric interviewing, electroencephalography and brain imaging. Results: IIP was reported in 20.65%, of them 50% had temporal lobe epilepsy with impaired awareness and/or to bilateral tonic clonic, 42.47% had frontal lobe epilepsy with impaired awareness and/or to bilateral tonic clonic and 7.53% had generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Compared to patients without psychosis, patients with psychosis were older at age of examination, had earlier age at onset, frequent seizures, longer duration of epilepsy and long-term antiepileptic drugs therapy and many relatives with epilepsy. Nearly 76.71% had history of postictal psychosis (PIP). The mean age of onset of IIP was 30.45 years and its mean duration was 3.84 months. Approximately 22% of patients with IIP had family history of psychosis. Patients developed IIP 10 years or more after epilepsy onset. Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that predictors for IIP were the age at onset and duration of epilepsy, number of seizures, family history of epilepsy or psychosis, history of PIP and different types of epilepsy. Conclusion: IIP is not infrequent with chronic epilepsy regardless to its type. These findings emphasize the importance of optimizing patients' treatment and early recognition and management of IIP. Abbreviations: IIP: interictal psychosis; PIP: post-ictal psychosis; TLE: temporal lobe epilepsy; FLE: frontal lobe epilepsy; GTC: generalized tonic clonic; AEDs: antiepileptic drugs; CBZ: carbamazepine; VPA: valproate; LEV: levetiracetam; APDs: antipsychotic drugs.
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- Sherifa Ahmed Hamed
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital , Assiut , Egypt
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital , Assiut , Egypt
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The psychoses of epilepsy can be classified according to their temporal relationship with seizures, namely as ictal, postictal and interictal psychosis. Interictal psychosis is the most common and may resemble schizophrenia. They can be challenging to diagnose and to manage, especially given the perception that some antipsychotic drugs may exacerbate seizures, while some antiepileptic medications may worsen psychosis. The current uncertainty around their best management means that some patients may not receive appropriate care. We propose a practical stepwise approach to managing psychosis in patients with epilepsy, summarising the key clinical features. We provide a framework for diagnosis, investigation and management of psychosis in the acute and long term. We also summarise the available evidence on the risk of psychosis with current antiepileptic drugs and the risk of seizures with antipsychotic drugs.
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Neurology, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.,The Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Uk
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Epilepsy-related psychoses and psychotic symptoms are significantly reduced by resective epilepsy surgery and are not associated with surgery outcome or epilepsy characteristics: A cohort study. Psychiatry Res 2016; 245:333-339. [PMID: 27573056 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2015] [Revised: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We examine epilepsy-related psychoses and psychotic symptoms (ERPs) and the effects of epilepsy surgery on inter-ictal, aura, ictal and peri-ictal (pre- and post-ictal) psychoses. We included 189 patients with refractory epilepsy both before and 24 months after surgery. Engel's classification was the primary outcome measurement. Epilepsy surgery reduced the prevalence of ERPs from 17.5% to 4.2%, psychotic aura from 7.9% to 0.5%, ictal psychoses from 3.7% to 1.1% and peri-ictal psychoses from 4.2% to 0.5%. The prevalence of inter-ictal psychoses decreased from 5.3% to 0.5%, but 4 new cases of inter-ictal psychoses were found following surgery. Interictal dysphoric disorder significantly predicted surgery outcome. In patients with and without ERPs, epilepsy surgery induced seizure reduction in more than 90% of the cases, showing that both groups benefit equally from surgery. No associations between ERPs and epileptic characteristics were found, including laterality, type of lesion, type of epilepsy, number of seizures, duration of illness or age at onset. Epilepsy surgery significantly improves ERPs particularly psychotic aura and peri-ictal psychoses. Although inter-ictal psychoses are successfully treated, new inter-ictal psychoses appear in a few cases either as alternative psychoses or a possible switch from pre-surgery episodic into inter-ictal psychoses.
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Hilger E, Zimprich F, Pataraia E, Aull-Watschinger S, Jung R, Baumgartner C, Bonelli S. Psychoses in epilepsy: A comparison of postictal and interictal psychoses. Epilepsy Behav 2016; 60:58-62. [PMID: 27179193 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We retrospectively analyzed data of patients with epilepsy (n=1434) evaluated with prolonged EEG monitoring in order to estimate the prevalence of postictal psychosis (PP) and interictal psychosis (IP), to investigate a potential association of psychosis subtype with epilepsy type, and to assess differences between PP and IP. The overall prevalence of psychosis was 5.9% (N=85); prevalence of PP (N=53) and IP (N=32) was 3.7% and 2.2%, respectively. Of patients with psychosis, 97.6% had localization-related epilepsy (LRE). Prevalence of psychosis was highest (9.3%) in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). When comparing PP with IP groups on demographic, clinical, and psychopathological variables, patients with IP were younger at occurrence of first psychosis (P=0.048), had a shorter interval between epilepsy onset and first psychosis (P=0.002), and more frequently exhibited schizophreniform traits (conceptual disorganization: P=0.008; negative symptoms: P=0.017) than those with PP. Postictal psychosis was significantly associated with a temporal seizure onset on ictal EEG (P=0.000) and a higher incidence of violent behavior during psychosis (P=0.047). To conclude, our results support the presumption of a preponderance of LRE in patients with psychosis and that of a specific association of TLE with psychosis, in particular with PP. Given the significant differences between groups, PP and IP may represent distinct clinical entities potentially with a different neurobiological background.
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- Eva Hilger
- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Karl Landsteiner Institute for Clinical Epilepsy Research and Cognitive Neurology, 2nd Neurological Department, General Hospital Hietzing with Neurological Center Rosenhuegel, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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Avedisova AS. [The relationship between schizophrenia and epilepsy: the history and current state of the problem]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2016. [PMID: 28635730 DOI: 10.17116/jnevro201611691126-132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The review deals with the background and current state of the relationship between schizophrenia and epilepsy. The author presents results of recent epidemiological, neuropsychological, neurophysiological and genetic studies, indicating that these diseases may be different clinical variants of a common etiologic process (neurodevelopmental brain abnormalities), while epilepsy with chronic psychotic symptoms can be considered as an experimental model of schizophrenia pathogenesis.
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- A S Avedisova
- Serbsky Federal Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Narcology, Moscow, Russia, Soloviev Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry, Moscow, Russia
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Sachdeva A, Chandra M, Saxena A, Beniwal RP, Kandpal M, Kumar A. Case report of comorbid schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder in a patient who was tube-fed for four years by family members because of his refusal to eat. SHANGHAI ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY 2015; 27:252-5. [PMID: 26549963 PMCID: PMC4621292 DOI: 10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.215013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Refusal to eat is a common presentation in many psychiatric disorders including obsessive
compulsive disorder and schizophrenia. In the acute situation it may be a medical emergency; when it
becomes chronic it can become an ingrained behavior that is difficult to change. The diagnosis of individuals
who refuse to eat may be difficult, particularly in persons with comorbid medical problems, impaired
intelligence, or lack of insight into their condition. Tube-feeding is an effective short-term intervention
that can be discontinued when the patient re-starts oral intake. However, in some situations patients may
become dependent on the use of tube-feeding. We present a case report of a patient with schizophrenia,
obsessive compulsive disorder, borderline intelligence, and seizure disorder who was tube-fed by his family
members for more than three years because he refused to eat orally.
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- Ankur Sachdeva
- ESIC Medical College and Hospital, New Industrial Township 3A, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Department of Psychiatry and Drug De-addiction, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Park Street, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Psychiatry and Drug De-addiction, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Park Street, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Psychiatry and Drug De-addiction, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Park Street, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Psychiatry and Drug De-addiction, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Park Street, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Psychiatry and Drug De-addiction, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Park Street, New Delhi, India
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Yasumoto S, Motooka H, Ito Y, Uchimura N. A change in electrographic activity and blood flow during interictal and postictal psychotic states in a patient with epilepsy. EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR CASE REPORTS 2015; 4:13-9. [PMID: 26106577 PMCID: PMC4475786 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebcr.2015.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Revised: 02/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We report a patient with epilepsy who experienced interictal and postictal psychoses. Her psychiatric symptoms consisted of grandiose and fantastic delusions during both psychotic states. During remission, electroencephalography showed bitemporal epileptiform discharges that were predominant in the right temporal region. Epileptiform discharges present during the psychotic states were predominant in the left temporal region. Single-photon emission computed tomography showed hyperperfusion in the left basal ganglia during the interictal psychotic state and hyperperfusion in the right temporal lobe and left basal ganglia during the postictal psychotic state. We suggest that the occurrence of postictal and interictal psychotic states in this patient were associated with a common change in electrographic activity and blood flow.
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- Shingo Yasumoto
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, The University of Kurume Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, The University of Kurume Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, The University of Kurume Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, The University of Kurume Hospital, Japan
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Psychosis temporally related to seizure episodes has been a recognized entity with much clinical attention, yet there are less clear guidelines for treatment. Presence of perceptual disturbances and cognitive impairment symptoms make the differentiation between primary psychoses and seizure- related psychoses blurred. Moreover, there are only a few reported cases describing clinical presentation, diagnostic dilemma and treatment challenges when these two entities are present at the same time, with overlapping symptomatology. We describe such a case where the presence of these two problems complicated the diagnoses and the patient's subsequent management required a very intricate collaboration between psychiatry and neurology. In addition, we review available published articles including case reports, studies, and review articles regarding the diagnosis and treatment of this complicated clinical presentation. Some of the analyses were reviewed in detail and resulting outcomes are discussed. Finally, we review the diagnostic and treatment guidelines in the context of the presenting case.
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D'Alessio L, Scévola L, Fernandez Lima M, Oddo S, Solís P, Seoane E, Kochen S. Psychiatric outcome of epilepsy surgery in patients with psychosis and temporal lobe drug-resistant epilepsy: a prospective case series. Epilepsy Behav 2014; 37:165-70. [PMID: 25036902 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Temporal lobe resistant epilepsy has been associated with a high incidence of psychotic disorders; however, there are many controversies; while some patients get better after surgery from their psychiatric condition, others develop psychosis or de novo depression. The aim of this study was to determine the psychiatric and seizure outcome after epilepsy surgery in patients with a previous history of psychoses. METHODS Surgical candidates with temporal lobe drug-resistant epilepsy and a positive history of psychosis diagnosed during the presurgical psychiatric assessment were included. A two-year prospective follow-up was determined after surgery. The DSM-IV Structural Interview, GAF (global assessment of functionality, DSM-IV), Ictal Classification for psychoses, and Engel's classification were used. The Student t test and chi-square-Fisher tests were used. RESULTS During 2000-2010, 89 patients were admitted to the epilepsy surgery program, 14 patients (15.7%) presented psychoses and were included in this series. After surgery, six patients (43%) did not develop any psychiatric complications, three patients (21%) with chronic interictal psychosis continued with no exacerbation, three patients (21%) developed acute and transient psychotic symptoms, and two patients (14%) developed de novo depression. Seizure outcome was Engel class I-II in 10 patients (71%). Total GAF scores were higher after surgery in patients found to be in Engel class I-II (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Patients with comorbid psychosis and temporal lobe drug-resistant epilepsy may benefit from epilepsy surgery under close psychiatric supervision.
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- Luciana D'Alessio
- Epilepsy Center, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina; E de Robertis Neuroscience Institute, Epilepsy Research Laboratory, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Epilepsy Center, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Epilepsy Center, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina; E de Robertis Neuroscience Institute, Epilepsy Research Laboratory, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Epilepsy Center, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina; E de Robertis Neuroscience Institute, Epilepsy Research Laboratory, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Epilepsy Center, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Neurosurgery Center, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Epilepsy Center, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina; E de Robertis Neuroscience Institute, Epilepsy Research Laboratory, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Eisenschenk S, Krop H, Devinsky O. Homicide during postictal psychosis. EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR CASE REPORTS 2014; 2:118-20. [PMID: 25667886 PMCID: PMC4307965 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebcr.2014.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Revised: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Postictal psychosis is characterized by a fluctuating combination of thought disorder, auditory and visual hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, affective change, and aggression including violent behavior. We present a case of homicide following a cluster of seizures. The patient's history and postictal behavior were his consistent with postictal psychosis. Contributing factors resulting in homicide may have included increased seizure frequency associated with a change in his AED regimen seizure frequency. The AED change to levetiracetam may also have increased impulsiveness with diminished mood regulation following discontinuation of carbamazepine. There is evidence that he had a cluster of seizures immediately prior to the murder which may have resulted in the postictal disinhibition of frontal lobe inhibitory systems. This homicide and other violent behaviors associated with postictal psychosis may be avoided with earlier recognition and treatment.
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- Stephan Eisenschenk
- Department of Neurology, University of Florida, 1149 Newell Drive, Rm L3-100, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Community Behavioral Services, 1212 N.W. 12th Ave., Ste. B, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
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- Department of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, 223 East 34th Street, New York, NY 10016, USA
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In epilepsy, experiential phenomena and behavioral manifestations may pose a number of problems in terms of differential diagnosis. From a clinical point of view, ictal psychiatric symptoms represent partial seizures, mainly partial ones. In the majority of cases, they are very brief (lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes), stereotyped, out of context, and frequently associated with subtle or overt automatisms and postictal confusion of variable duration. In some cases, such symptoms are followed by alteration of consciousness as the ictus evolves to a complex partial seizure or a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. This paper reviews clinically relevant behavioral patterns during seizures discussing clinical phenomenology and relevance in terms of lateralizing value.
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- Marco Mula
- Division of Neurology, Trinity Hospital, Borgomanero, Italy.
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Hara K, Adachi N, Akanuma N, Ito M, Okazaki M, Kato M, Onuma T. Effects of antipsychotic drugs on the duration of interictal psychotic episodes in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2013; 27:342-5. [PMID: 23537620 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Revised: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Treatment protocols for interictal psychosis (IIP) of patients with epilepsy have not yet been established. We aimed to clarify the effects of antipsychotic drugs (APDs) on duration of IIP episodes. We studied 393 IIP episodes in 200 patients with epilepsy in accordance with our empirical treatment protocol. The duration of all the episodes and APD treatments were reviewed. Antipsychotic drugs were used in 338 episodes and not used in 55 episodes (non-APD group). The APDs used in the treatment of IIP episodes were divided into the following three groups: first-generation APDs (FAPD, n=252), second-generation APDs (SAPD, n=44), and the combination of first- and second-generation APDs (CAPD, n=42). The non-APD group showed a significantly shorter episode duration than did the APD group (F=6.05, p=0.014). Among the 3 APD groups (FAPD, SAPD, and CAPD), there was a significant difference in duration of IIP episode (F=8.65, p=0.000). Whereas the duration of episodes was significantly longer in the CAPD group than in the other two groups, it was not significantly different between the FAPD and SAPD groups. Our findings further to clarify the nature of IIP and add further perspectives on treatment protocols for IIP.
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Adachi N, Kanemoto K, de Toffol B, Akanuma N, Oshima T, Mohan A, Sachdev P. Basic treatment principles for psychotic disorders in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia 2013; 54 Suppl 1:19-33. [PMID: 23458463 DOI: 10.1111/epi.12102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In patients with epilepsy, coexisting psychoses, either interictal (IIP) or postictal (PIP), are associated with serious disturbance in psychosocial function and well-being, and often require the care of a specialist. Unfortunately, evidence-based treatment systems for psychosis in patients with epilepsy have not yet been established. This article aims to propose concise and practical treatment procedures for IIP and PIP based on currently available data and international consensus statements, and primarily targeting nonpsychiatrist epileptologists who are often the first to be involved in the management of these complex patients. Accurate and early diagnosis of IIP and PIP and their staging in terms of acuity and severity form the essential first step in management. It is important to suspect the presence of psychosis whenever patients manifest unusual behavior. Knowledge of psychopathology and both individual and epilepsy-related vulnerabilities relevant to IIP and PIP facilitate early diagnosis. Treatment for IIP involves (1) obtaining consent to psychiatric treatment from the patient, whenever possible, (2) optimization of antiepileptic drugs, and (3) initiation of antipsychotic pharmacotherapy in line with symptom severity and severity of behavioral and functional disturbance. Basic psychosocial interventions will help reinforce adherence to treatment and should be made available. Due consideration must be given to patients' ability to provide informed consent to treatment in the short term, with the issue being revisited regularly over time. Given the often prolonged and recurrent nature of IIP, treatment frequently needs to be long-term. Treatment of PIP consists of two aspects, that is, acute protective measures and preventive procedures in repetitive episodes. Protective measures prioritize the management of risk in the early stages, and may involve sedation with or without the use of antipsychotic drugs, and the judicious application of local mental health legislation if appropriate. As for preventative procedures, optimizing seizure control by adjusting antiepileptic drugs or by surgical treatment is necessary.
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Hilger E, Zimprich F, Jung R, Pataraia E, Baumgartner C, Bonelli S. Postictal psychosis in temporal lobe epilepsy: a case-control study. Eur J Neurol 2013; 20:955-61. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.12125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 01/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- E. Hilger
- Department of Neurology; Medical University of Vienna; Austria; Austria
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- Department of Neurology; Medical University of Vienna; Austria; Austria
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- Department of Neurology; Medical University of Vienna; Austria; Austria
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- Department of Neurology; Medical University of Vienna; Austria; Austria
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- 2nd Neurological Department; General Hospital Hietzing with Neurological Center Rosenhuegel; Vienna; Austria
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- Department of Neurology; Medical University of Vienna; Austria; Austria
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Apart from the rather rare ictal psychotic events, such as non-convulsive status epilepticus, modern epileptic psychoses have been categorized into three main types; chronic and acute interictal psychoses (IIPs) and postictal psychosis (PIP). Together, they comprise 95% of psychoses in patients with epilepsy (PWE). Four major questions, that is, "Is psychosis in PWE a direct consequence of epilepsy or schizophrenia induced by epilepsy?", "Is psychosis in PWE homogeneous or heterogeneous?", "Does psychosis in PWE have symptomatological differences from schizophrenia and related disorders?", "Is psychosis in PWE uniquely associated with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE)?" are tried to be answered in this review with relevant case presentations. In the final section, we propose a tentative classification of psychotic illness in PWE, with special attention to those who have undergone epilepsy surgery. Psychotic disorders in PWE are often overlooked, mistreated, and consequently lingering on needlessly. While early diagnosis is unanimously supported as a first step to avoid this delay, necessity of switching from antiepileptic drugs with supposedly adverse psychotopic effects. to others is more controversial. To elucidate the riddle of alternative psychosis, we need badly further reliable data.
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- Kousuke Kanemoto
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
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Filho GMDA, Mazetto L, Gomes FL, Marinho MM, Tavares IM, Caboclo LOSF, Centeno RS, Yacubian EMT. Pre-surgical predictors for psychiatric disorders following epilepsy surgery in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy and mesial temporal sclerosis. Epilepsy Res 2012; 102:86-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Revised: 03/25/2012] [Accepted: 05/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sakakibara E, Nishida T, Sugishita K, Jinde S, Inoue Y, Kasai K. Acute psychosis during the postictal period in a patient with idiopathic generalized epilepsy: postictal psychosis or aggravation of schizophrenia? A case report and review of the literature. Epilepsy Behav 2012; 24:373-6. [PMID: 22652424 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.04.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Revised: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 04/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Postictal psychoses are common comorbid conditions of temporal lobe epilepsy and are reported to be characterized by affective changes. However, postictal psychoses are rare among patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy, and the causal relationship between postictal psychoses and idiopathic generalized epilepsy is unknown. Here, we report the case of a man who had idiopathic generalized epilepsy and experienced 4 episodes of schizophrenia-like interictal psychosis before the age of 41 years. At the age of 56 years, he experienced a generalized tonic-clonic seizure for the first time in 15 years and developed psychotic symptoms on the next day. Notably, in addition to the schizophrenia-like symptoms, the patient experienced mania-like symptoms such as elated mood, grandiose delusions, agitation, and pressured speech during the last psychotic episode in the postictal period. It was suspected that postictal neuronal processes and a predisposition to endogenous psychosis both contributed to the psychopathology of this episode.
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- Eisuke Sakakibara
- Department of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Center Hospital, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan.
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Noguchi T, Fukatsu N, Kato H, Oshima T, Kanemoto K. Impact of antiepileptic drugs on genesis of psychosis. Epilepsy Behav 2012; 23:462-5. [PMID: 22406094 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Revised: 01/10/2012] [Accepted: 01/22/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Opinions regarding the impact of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on the genesis of psychotic symptoms are varied. To re-examine this issue, the records of adult patients with partial epilepsy and newly added AEDs were retrospectively surveyed. The types of newly added AEDs and clinical characteristics were compared between 38 patients with active psychosis and 212 without psychotic history during a follow-up period of 3 to 6 months after initiation of AED administration. Using multivariate logistic regression analysis, the significance of possible predictive variables for development of psychosis was evaluated, which demonstrated that use of zonisamide (ZNS) and phenytoin (PHT), presence of complex partial seizures (CPS), and low intelligence level were significantly correlated with psychosis. We concluded that ZNS and PHT are possible risk factors for development of psychosis along with clinical variables, including the presence of CPS and low intelligence level.
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- Takahiro Noguchi
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Aichi Medical University, 21 Yazako-Karimata, Nagakute, 480-1195 Aichi, Japan.
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Adachi N, Akanuma N, Ito M, Okazaki M, Kato M, Onuma T. Interictal psychotic episodes in epilepsy: Duration and associated clinical factors. Epilepsia 2012; 53:1088-94. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03438.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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de Araújo Filho GM, da Silva JM, Mazetto L, Marchetti RL, Yacubian EMT. Psychoses of epilepsy: a study comparing the clinical features of patients with focal versus generalized epilepsies. Epilepsy Behav 2011; 20:655-8. [PMID: 21450532 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2010] [Revised: 01/25/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the literature, psychosis of epilepsy (POE) has been described as one of the most frequent psychiatric comorbidities of epilepsy, occurring particularly in association with temporal lobe epilepsy. However, the presence of such psychiatric disorders among patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsies has also been mentioned. In this study, we evaluated the clinical features of psychotic disorders in a series of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy related to mesial temporal sclerosis (TLE-MTS) and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy with the aim of describing and comparing the clinical patterns of the psychotic symptoms in such frequent and important epilepsy syndromes. POE occurred most frequently in patients with TLE-MTS (P=0.01), but no differences were observed between the groups with respect to the subtypes and core symptoms of psychoses. The clinical implications of POE in both epilepsy syndromes are discussed.
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Adachi N, Onuma T, Kato M, Ito M, Akanuma N, Hara T, Oana Y, Okubo Y, Matsuura M. Analogy between psychosis antedating epilepsy and epilepsy antedating psychosis. Epilepsia 2011; 52:1239-44. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03039.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Filho GMDA, Mazetto L, da Silva JM, Caboclo LOSF, Yacubian EMT. Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with two prototypes of focal versus generalized epilepsy syndromes. Seizure 2011; 20:383-6. [PMID: 21316266 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Revised: 01/10/2011] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The frequency of psychiatric disorders (PD) in a homogeneous series of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy with mesial temporal sclerosis (TLE-MTS) compared to patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) was evaluated, aiming to determine the frequency of PD and possible differences in psychiatric diagnoses between these two epileptic syndromes. Data from 248 patients with refractory TLE-MTS and from 124 JME patients were reviewed and compared. There was a high prevalence of PD in both groups of epilepsy patients, present in 100 TLE-MTS (41%) and in 58 JME patients (46.7%). Mood (23.7%), anxiety (13.7%) and psychotic (11.6%) disorders were the most frequent diagnoses in TLE-MTS group, while mood and anxiety disorders (25% and 21%, respectively) were the most common PD among JME. Psychoses were significantly associated with TLE-MTS (p=0.01). These observations are concordant with our previous study, reforcing the existence of a possible anatomic correlation of PD and brain structures involved in both epilepsy syndromes.
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Ito M. Neuropsychiatric evaluations of postictal behavioral changes. Epilepsy Behav 2010; 19:134-7. [PMID: 20708439 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Postictal behavioral changes (PBCs), including psychosis, aggression, and mood change, are commonly observed in patients with epilepsy. Recognition and description of the clinical manifestations of PBCs would help in understanding and treating patients. Additionally, various quantified objective scales that are widely available in clinical psychiatry could be used to assess the clinical symptoms of PBCs. There are few reports in which objective rating scales have been used to assess neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with epilepsy. However, there have been a small number of studies on interictal psychosis and depression in which either the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale or the Hamilton Depression Scale was used. These inventories are likely to be useful for the assessment of PBCs. Other rating scales used for schizophrenia, depression, mania, and aggressive behavior are reviewed here. The author suggests that cross-sectional and longitudinal neuropsychiatric measurement combined with other modalities, including functional neuroimaging, could provide clues to the pathophysiology of PBCs.
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- Masumi Ito
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Tenshi Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
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Postictal psychoses represent a considerable clinical challenge and are often unrecognized. In this review, the clinical features of the syndromes and the underlying biological foundations, as revealed through EEG and imaging studies, are discussed. It is concluded that although the syndrome can be well recognized, it is not acknowledged in standard diagnostic manuals, hence the relative neglect in the epilepsy literature.
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Postical psychosis often complicates chronic epilepsy, especially in patients with seizure clusters that include tonic-clonic seizures, bilateral cerebral dysfunction (e.g., bilateral epileptiform activity or history of encephalitis), and a family history of psychiatric illness. Psychosis includes delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations, mood changes, and aggressive behavior. It typically emerges after a lucid interval of hours or days after the last seizure. This treatable disorder is associated with serious morbidity and mortality.
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- Orrin Devinsky
- Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neurosurgery, NYU Epilepsy Center New York, NY, USA.
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A false case of clozapine-resistant schizophrenia. Case Rep Med 2010; 2010:534027. [PMID: 20300582 PMCID: PMC2837900 DOI: 10.1155/2010/534027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2009] [Revised: 01/18/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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One of the subjects that most concerns physicians is treatment-resistance. About 30%-60% of schizophrenia patients do not respond adequately to antipsychotic treatment and are known as refractory schizophrenia patients. Clozapine has been the drug of choice in such cases. However, approximately 30% of them do not respond to clozapine either. Here, we describe a patient with an initial diagnosis of refractory schizophrenia who had a history of dramatic aggressiveness. However, in this case, "refractoriness" was a wrong diagnosis. A case of psychosis secondary to epilepsy had been treated as schizophrenia for almost 20 years. Reports like this one are important because they remind us of how a thorough investigation can lead to the correct diagnosis and improve the patient's prognosis.
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Adachi N, Akanuma N, Ito M, Kato M, Hara T, Oana Y, Matsuura M, Okubo Y, Onuma T. Epileptic, organic and genetic vulnerabilities for timing of the development of interictal psychosis. Br J Psychiatry 2010; 196:212-6. [PMID: 20194544 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.056721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Age at the first psychotic episode and an interval between the onset of epilepsy and that of psychosis reflect developmental processes of interictal psychosis. However, factors relating to these indices remain unknown. AIMS To identify clinical variables that are associated with the timing of the development of interictal psychosis. METHOD In 285 adults with epilepsy with interictal psychosis, effects of epileptic (epilepsy type), organic (intellectual functioning) and genetic (family history of psychosis) variables on timing of the development of psychosis were examined. RESULTS The mean interval between the onset of epilepsy and that of psychosis was 14.4 years. Some psychosis occurred within a few years of the first seizure. Generalised epilepsy, normal intellectual function and a positive family history of psychosis were associated with early onset of psychosis. CONCLUSIONS Early development of interictal psychosis in people with epilepsy may reflect other individual vulnerabilities to psychosis rather than epilepsy-related damage.
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- Naoto Adachi
- Adachi Mental Clinic, Kitano 7-5-12, Kiyota, Sapporo, Japan.
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de Toffol B. [Postictal psychosis]. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2009; 165:769-73. [PMID: 19683323 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2009.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2009] [Revised: 07/03/2009] [Accepted: 07/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In epilepsy patients, psychotic states are related to a group of psychotic disorders with a specific phenomenology in which potential pathophysiological mechanisms are believed to be closely related to the epileptic disorder itself. Postictal psychosis is a very specific syndrome in relation to seizure activity: a clear temporal relationship exists between the psychotic state of sudden onset and a precipitating bout of complex partial or generalized seizures, with a characteristic lucid interval which lasts from two to 120h. The psychotic state may be related to the withdrawal of anticonvulsants, often in connection with video-EEG monitoring. The phenomenology of the psychotic state is often pleomorphic, with abnormal mood, paranoid delusions and hallucinations, with some clouding of consciousness or no evidence of impaired consciousness. The outcome is characterized by a remission of the psychotic symptoms over several days (mean: 1 week), with or without neuroleptic treatment. The majority of the patients suffer from complex partial seizures with frequent psychic auras that secondarily become generalized. In the majority of cases, prepsychotic EEG abnormalities persist during the psychosis. Frequent bitemporal foci are recorded on the EEG and MRI abnormalities (including mesial temporal sclerosis) are seen in more than half of the cases. The results of clinical, morphologic and metabolic available studies will be briefly discussed.
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- B de Toffol
- Clinique neurologique, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France.
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Individuals with epilepsy are at increased risk of having psychotic symptoms that resemble those of schizophrenia. More controversial and less searched is if schizophrenia is a risk factor for epilepsy. Here we review overlapping epidemiological, clinical, neuropathological and neuroimaging features of these two diseases. We discuss the role of temporal and other brain areas in the development of schizophrenia-like psychosis of epilepsy. We underline the importance of ventricular enlargement in both conditions as a phenotypic manifestation of a shared biologic liability that might relate to abnormalities in neurodevelopment. We suggest that genes implicated in neurodevelopment may play a common role in both conditions and speculate that recently identified causative genes for partial complex seizures with auditory features might help explain the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. These particularly include the leucine-rich glioma inactivated (LGI) family gene loci overlap with genes of interest for psychiatric diseases like schizophrenia. Finally, we conclude that LGI genes associated with partial epilepsy with auditory features might also represent genes of interest for schizophrenia, especially among patients with prominent auditory hallucinations and formal thought disorder.
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D'Alessio L, Giagante B, Papayannis C, Oddo S, Silva W, Solís P, Donnoli V, Kauffman M, Consalvo D, Zieher LM, Kochen S. Psychotic disorders in Argentine patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy: a case-control study. Epilepsy Behav 2009; 14:604-9. [PMID: 19236954 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2009] [Revised: 02/15/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The issue of psychotic disorders in epilepsy has given rise to great controversy among professionals; however, there are not many studies in this area and the physiopathological mechanisms remain unknown. The aim of this study was to describe the spectrum of psychotic disorders in an Argentine population with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (RTLE) and to determine the risk factors associated with psychotic disorders. Clinical variables of the epileptic syndrome were compared among a selected population with RTLE with and without psychotic disorders (DSM-IV/Ictal Classification of psychoses). Logistic regression was performed. Sixty-three patients with psychotic disorders (Psychotic Group, PG) and 60 controls (Control Group, CG) were included. The most frequent psychotic disorders were brief psychotic episodes (35%) (DSM-IV) and interictal psychosis (50%) (Ictal Classification). Risk factors for psychotic disorders were bilateral hippocampal sclerosis, history of status epilepticus, and duration of epilepsy greater than 20 years.
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[Postictal psychosis syndrome: a clinical entity to be recognized]. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2008; 165:155-63. [PMID: 18817939 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2008.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2007] [Revised: 06/03/2008] [Accepted: 07/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Post-ictal psychosis syndrome (PIP) belongs to the group of epileptic psychoses which, according to the most commonly used classification, is to be distinguished from ictal psychoses, on one hand, and from inter-ictal psychoses, on the other. OBJECTIVES The present paper aims to review recent data concerning the clinical, therapeutic and pathophysiological aspects of PIP. METHODS We report four cases of PPI, which involved four patients hospitalized at the Salpêtrière hospital between 2001 and 2005, and discuss these cases in light of the relevant literature. RESULTS The PIP fit generally occurs in patients suffering from intractable temporal lobe epilepsy which started several years before. The psychiatric disorders suddenly take hold after a series of complex partial seizures with frequent secondarily generalized tonic clonic seizures. During the episode, EEG recordings do not show any epileptic activity. Psychiatric symptoms consist of persecutory delusive ideas, verbal and visual hallucinations, agitation, and aggressiveness. Mood disorders are variable from one patient to another and exhibit intraindividual fluctuation. In most patients given antipsychotic drugs, the short-term outcome of PIP is favorable . In the long-term, even if recurrence is the main long-term risk, progression to severe mood disorders or to poor prognosis inter-ictal psychosis is possible. Accordingly, the clinician must be aware of this syndrome in order to correctly diagnose PIP since effective treatment with antipsychotic drugs is available. CONCLUSION The short-term prognosis of PPI is usually favorable but this syndrome can potentially develop in the long-term to more severe psychiatric disorders. It is, therefore, important to recognize PIP syndromes which respond more readily to pharmacological treatments than other types of psychoses.
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Araújo Filho GMD, Rosa VP, Yacubian EMT. Transtornos psiquiátricos na epilepsia: uma proposta de classificação elaborada pela comissão de neuropsiquiatria da ILAE. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1590/s1676-26492008000300008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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INTRODUÇÃO: Um dos aspectos mais importantes da epileptologia é o da sua relação com as comorbidades psiquiátricas. Transtornos psiquiátricos (TP) são associados a praticamente todas as síndromes epilépticas e contribuem para uma maior dificuldade no manejo desses pacientes. OBJETIVO: O presente trabalho tem como objetivo fazer uma revisão das classificações dos TP na epilepsia e destacar a proposta elaborada pela Comissão de Neuropsiquiatria da ILAE. CONCLUSÃO: A proposta de classificação elaborada pela ILAE procurou diferenciar os TP que ocorrem em comorbidade daqueles que refletem atividade epileptiforme ou que ocorrem especificamente na epilepsia, sendo baseada em aspectos clínicos e descritivos mais do que em etiologias. Apresenta ainda critérios bastante claros e operacionais, constituindo-se de grande utilidade para futuros estudos dos quadros psiquiátricos na epilepsia.
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Filho GMDA, Rosa VP, Lin K, Caboclo LOSF, Sakamoto AC, Yacubian EMT. Psychiatric comorbidity in epilepsy: a study comparing patients with mesial temporal sclerosis and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2008; 13:196-201. [PMID: 18313989 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2007] [Revised: 01/05/2008] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We evaluated the frequency of psychiatric disorders (PDs) in a homogenous series of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy with mesial temporal sclerosis (TLE-MTS), as compared with patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), aiming to determine possible differences in psychiatric diagnoses between these two epileptic syndromes. Data from 170 patients with refractory TLE-MTS and from 100 patients with JME were reviewed and compared. The prevalence of PDs was high in both groups of patients with epilepsy: PDs were present in 85 patients with TLE-MTS (50%) and 49 patients with JME (49%). Among the TLE-MTS group, mood (25.8%), psychotic (15.8%), and anxiety (14.1%) disorders were the most frequent diagnoses, whereas anxiety and mood disorders (23 and 19%, respectively) were the most common among patients with JME. Psychoses were significantly associated with MTS (P<0.01) and anxiety disorders with JME (P<0.05). These findings suggest the existence of an anatomic correlation between PDs and brain structures involved in both epilepsy syndromes.
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Tanaka S. Dysfunctional GABAergic inhibition in the prefrontal cortex leading to "psychotic" hyperactivation. BMC Neurosci 2008; 9:41. [PMID: 18439259 PMCID: PMC2387163 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-9-41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2007] [Accepted: 04/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background The GABAergic system in the brain seems to be dysfunctional in various psychiatric disorders. Many studies have suggested so far that, in schizophrenia patients, GABAergic inhibition is selectively but consistently reduced in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Results This study used a computational model of the PFC to investigate the dynamics of the PFC circuit with and without chandelier cells and other GABAergic interneurons. The inhibition by GABAergic interneurons other than chandelier cells effectively regulated the PFC activity with rather low or modest levels of dopaminergic neurotransmission. This activity of the PFC is associated with normal cognitive functions and has an inverted-U shaped profile of dopaminergic modulation. In contrast, the chandelier cell-type inhibition affected only the PFC circuit dynamics in hyperdopaminergic conditions. Reduction of chandelier cell-type inhibition resulted in bistable dynamics of the PFC circuit, in which the upper stable state is associated with a hyperactive mode. When both types of inhibition were reduced, this hyperactive mode and the conventional inverted-U mode merged. Conclusion The results of our simulation suggest that, in schizophrenia, a reduction of GABAergic inhibition increases vulnerability to psychosis by (i) producing the hyperactive mode of the PFC with hyperdopaminergic neurotransmission by dysfunctional chandelier cells and (ii) increasing the probability of the transition to the hyperactive mode from the conventional inverted-U mode by dysfunctional GABAergic interneurons.
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- Shoji Tanaka
- Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, 102-8554, Japan.
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Alternative psychosis and dysgraphia accompanied by forced normalization in a girl with occipital lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2008; 12:481-5. [PMID: 18182329 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2007] [Revised: 11/11/2007] [Accepted: 11/18/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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An 11-year-old girl who had been given antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for occipital lobe epilepsy was hospitalized with alternative psychosis and dysgraphia accompanied by forced normalization of the EEG. Her epileptic seizures and psychosis disappeared after administration of carbamazepine. She developed dysgraphia for Kanji words (Japanese morphograms). The EEG showed sporadic spikes predominantly in the left occipital region, and [123I]iomazenil single-photon-emission computed tomography (IMZ-SPECT) imaging revealed an area of hypoperfusion in the left occipital lobe. Interestingly, the left posterior inferior temporal area is known to play an important role in writing Kanji words. It is assumed that abnormal discharges in the left occipital lobe were projected into the left posterior inferior temporal area and that a functional disorder in that area led to dysgraphia; however, further exploration is needed.
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Difference in age of onset of psychosis between epilepsy and schizophrenia. Epilepsy Res 2008; 78:201-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2007] [Revised: 09/25/2007] [Accepted: 12/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Long-term significance of postictal psychotic episodes II. Are they predictive of interictal psychotic episodes? Epilepsy Behav 2008; 12:154-6. [PMID: 18086459 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2007] [Revised: 09/05/2007] [Accepted: 09/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine whether postictal psychotic episodes (PIPE) are predictive of the development of interictal psychotic episodes (IPE). METHODS This was a retrospective study of 18 consecutive adults with a partial seizure disorder and PIPE (study group) and 36 patients with a partial seizure disorder but without PIPE (control group). These two groups were compared with respect to the likelihood of developing IPE over an 8-year follow-up period and the variables operant in the development of IPE. Statistical analyses consisted of logistic regression models to identify the variables predictive of the development of IPE. Predictors included: number and location of ictal foci, seizure type, etiology, age at seizure onset, duration of seizure disorder, MRI abnormalities, and psychiatric history prior to the index video/EEG monitoring (other than PIPE). RESULTS Seven patients with PIPE and one control patient went on to develop an IPE. Predictors of IPE in univariate logistic regression analyses included a history of PIPE (P=0.006), male gender (P=0.028), and having bilateral ictal foci (P=0.048). Significance disappeared for all of these variables when they were entered into a multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS A history of PIPE may be a risk factor for the development of IPE. Yet, the disappearance of significance on multivariate analysis indicates that it is not an independent predictor.
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Ring H, Zia A, Lindeman S, Himlok K. Interactions between seizure frequency, psychopathology, and severity of intellectual disability in a population with epilepsy and a learning disability. Epilepsy Behav 2007; 11:92-7. [PMID: 17521964 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2007] [Revised: 03/30/2007] [Accepted: 04/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Despite observations associating lower IQ and psychopathology in epilepsy, the possible differential effects of varying severity of learning (intellectual) disability (LD) on the manifestation of psychopathology in people with LD and epilepsy have not been clarified. In this study of retrospectively collected data describing the epilepsy, learning disability, and psychopathology of 175 patients with epilepsy and LD over a 3-month period, we observed that 65 patients had no recent seizures, whereas 110 had experienced at least one seizure in the preceding 3 months. We found that depression and psychoses were more common in those with no seizures in the preceding 3 months, but that which of these psychiatric states was manifest was related to the severity of LD. Psychosis rates were higher in those with mild LD, whereas depression rates were higher in those with severe LD.
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- Howard Ring
- Developmental Psychiatry Section, University of Cambridge, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, Cambridge CB2 2AH, UK.
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Tadokoro Y, Oshima T, Kanemoto K. Interictal psychoses in comparison with schizophrenia--a prospective study. Epilepsia 2007; 48:2345-51. [PMID: 17666070 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01230.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE To prospectively investigate the incidence of interictal psychoses of epilepsy patients, and make a comparison between those with interictal psychoses and patients with schizophrenia in respect to their responses to antipsychotic drugs, as well as psychotic states. METHODS We undertook a two-part prospective investigation. In Part I, the psychotic episodes of 619 epilepsy patients were investigated, while 182 patients with psychotic syndromes were followed in Part II, of whom 59 were diagnosed with schizophrenia and 13 with epilepsy with interictal psychoses. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale was used for efficacy assessment. RESULTS The average annual incidence of interictal psychosis was 0.42% during the 56-month study period. A significant difference was found between patients with schizophrenia and epilepsy patients with interictal psychoses in respect to results on the negative subscale of the PANSS at the initial examination (mean scores of 18.1 and 13.2, respectively, p = 0.004). The response rates one year later for these groups were 27.1% and 53.8%, respectively, which showed a trend of better response to the antipsychotic medication by the epilepsy group (p = 0.098). Initial and maximum doses of antipsychotic drugs used for epilepsy patients with interictal psychoses were significantly lower than those used for patients with schizophrenia (p = 0.008 and p = 0.006, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Schizophrenia and epileptic psychosis showed different symptom profiles. On average, epilepsy patients with interictal psychoses achieved higher remission rates with lower doses of antipsychotic drugs as compared to patients with schizophrenia in the present 1-year follow-up study.
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- Yukari Tadokoro
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Yazako, Nagakute-cho, Aichi-gun, Aichi-ken, Japan.
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Foong J, Flugel D. Psychiatric outcome of surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy and presurgical considerations. Epilepsy Res 2007; 75:84-96. [PMID: 17600682 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2006] [Revised: 03/14/2007] [Accepted: 05/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In recent years, surgery has become a treatment option for some patients with intractable epilepsy, particularly those with temporal lobe epilepsy. Psychiatric disturbances may complicate the postsurgical outcome in some patients and de novo psychiatric symptoms have been reported. In many but not all epilepsy surgical centres, a psychiatric assessment is included as part of the presurgical evaluation of potential candidates for surgery. This review indicates that affective disorders, namely, depression and anxiety, and psychosis are the most frequently reported postsurgical psychiatric disturbances. Whilst there are no absolute psychiatric contraindications to surgery, certain pre-existing psychiatric conditions may need careful consideration as there may be a risk of postsurgical psychiatric complications. Routine pre- and postsurgical psychiatric evaluations in patients undergoing epilepsy surgery are recommended. Clinicians involved in the care of surgical candidates should be aware of the possible psychiatric complications following surgery and ensure that the psychiatric risks are discussed with the patient and family.
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- J Foong
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
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Adachi N, Ito M, Kanemoto K, Akanuma N, Okazaki M, Ishida S, Sekimoto M, Kato M, Kawasaki J, Tadokoro Y, Oshima T, Onuma T. Duration of postictal psychotic episodes. Epilepsia 2007; 48:1531-7. [PMID: 17386048 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01058.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE To clarify duration of postictal psychosis (PIP) episodes and identify factors that influence its duration. METHODS Fifty-eight patients with epilepsy exhibited 151 PIP episodes during a mean follow-up period of 12.8 years. Distribution of the duration of these episodes was determined, and factors potentially affecting were analyzed. Factors analyzed included PIP-related variables (i.e., antecedent seizures and the lucid interval) and patient characteristics (i.e., type of epilepsy, lateralization of EEG abnormalities, and intellectual functioning). RESULTS The mean duration of the 58 first PIP episodes was 10.5 days, and that of all 151 PIP episodes (including multiple episodes) was 9.2 days. Approximately 95% of the PIP episodes resolved within 1 month. Most PIP-related variables, except for antipsychotic drugs administered, were not associated with duration of the episodes. Several patient characteristics, i.e., history of interictal psychosis, family history of psychosis, and intellectual functioning, were associated with duration of the PIP episodes. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that most PIP episodes last less than 1 month. PIP episodes appear to be prolonged when individuals have an underlying vulnerability to psychosis. Clinical phenomena that can trigger PIP may not determine the course of the PIP episode.
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- Naoto Adachi
- Adachi Mental Clinic, Kitano 7-5-12, Kiyota, Sapporo 004-0867, Japan.
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