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1. www.epilepsy.com › moods-behavior › psychosisPsychosis as a Symptom | Epilepsy Foundation

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   Psychosis in people with epilepsy is most often classified according to the time when episodes occur, in relation to seizures: Postictal psychosis has been estimated to affect between 6% and 10% of people with epilepsy. It involves psychiatric symptoms that occur within 7 days (usually within 1 to 3 days) after a seizure or seizure cluster in a ...

2. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesPostictal Psychosis: Common, Dangerous, and Treatable - PMC

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   After seizure clusters, especially those that include convulsions, inquiring about unusual thoughts and behavior can help identify PP. In some cases, seizures occur during sleep or are associated with amnesia (diurnal seizures) and the postictal nature of the psychosis is not readily apparent.

   • Author: Orrin Devinsky

   • Publish Year: 2008

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   How long after a seizure does psychosis occur?

   • The symptoms resemble those of schizophrenia, leading some doctors to call the disorder schizophrenia-like psychoses of epilepsy. Symptoms of PIP usually do not occur immediately following seizures. Instead, the onset of psychosis happens within seven days after a seizure or cluster of seizures. Often, the symptoms emerge within 1-3 days.

   Post-Ictal Psychosis – United Brain Association

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   How common is psychosis in children?

   • Approximately 8% of adolescents (13–18 years old) and 17% of children (9–12 years old) describe psychotic-like experiences. Normative childhood experiences, including overactive imaginations and vivid fantasies, can be misinterpreted as psychosis.

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   How common is psychosis in people with epilepsy?

   • Psychosis (known to psychiatrists as psychotic disorder) is a severe mental disorder in which the person loses contact with reality. The prevalence of this type of disorder in people with epilepsy has not been established, but the percentage affected is certainly small.

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4. psychnews.psychiatryonline.org › doi › 10Diagnosing Psychosis in Children and Adolescents ...

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   Dec 21, 2012 · Diagnosing psychosis in adolescents is a matter of systematic interviewing and is rather straightforward. The diagnosis of psychosis in children (preschoolers and preadolescents), in contrast, poses developmental and language challenges. A useful technique when interviewing children under 10 years old is to make the parent an active participant ...

5. psychiatryonline.org › doi › 10Psychosis of Epilepsy: Psychosis in a Patient With a Negative ...

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   Sep 6, 2019 · Postictal psychosis tends to occur 24–48 hours after a seizure and is characterized by a predominance of manic features. Interictal psychosis occurs independent of seizure activity but originates after the onset of seizures and is most likely to present with thought disorganization, paranoia, and negative symptoms.

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   • Publish Year: 2019

6. www.jaacap.org › article › S0890-8567(18)30100-XPsychosis in Children and Adolescents - Journal of the ...

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   Mar 13, 2018 · Psychosis in children and adolescents can occur with a number of different complex clinical syndromes, each with characteristic alterations of mental status, behavior, and function. Accurate diagnosis is important because different illnesses might require different types of treatment and because most youth reporting psychotic-like symptoms do ...

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8. psychiatryonline.org › doi › pdfPsychosis of Epilepsy: Psychosis in a Patient ... - Psychiatry

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   of seizure activity, and it occurs in 2.2% of persons with epilepsy (3). Phenomeno-logically, interictal psychosis closely re-sembles primary psychotic disorders, but it is differentiated by the psychosis begin-ning after the onset of epilepsy. Interic-tal psychosis presents with disorganized thought, paranoia, command auditory hal-

9. unitedbrainassociation.org › post-ictal-psychosisPost-Ictal Psychosis – United Brain Association

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   Psychosis occurs within a week after a seizure or cluster of seizures. The psychotic episode lasts between 24 hours and three months. There is no evidence of a reaction to anticonvulsant medications, head injury, drug or alcohol intoxication, or history of another condition called interictal psychosis.