Seizures: psychiatric presentations

Evidence-based neurology checklist on seizures: psychiatric presentations: Behavioural and emotional manifestations Anger Rage Aggression Screaming Fear Happiness Ecstasy Psychiatric manifestations Psychiatric co-morbidities Suicide risk: predictors

Behavioural and emotional manifestations

  • Anger
  • Rage
  • Aggression
  • Screaming
  • Fear
  • Happiness
  • Ecstasy

Psychiatric manifestations

Psychiatric co-morbidities

Suicide risk: predictors

References

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  4. Di Giacomo R, Didato G, Belcastro V, et al. Rage and aggressive behaviour in frontal lobe epilepsy: description of a case and review of the mechanisms of aggressive behaviour in epilepsy and dementia. Epileptic Disord 2021; 23:419-425.
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