Title Psychosis as an epilepsy comorbidity /
Translation of Title Psychosis as an Epilepsy Comorbidity.
Authors Herrling, Thomas
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Pages 34
Keywords [eng] Psychosis, Epilepsy Comorbidity, psychological disorders
Abstract [eng] In the present work, scientific publications on symptoms and courses of ictal psychoses were collected and analyzed. The scientific background of the dissertation's topic is based on findings of the last 30 years, demonstrating that neuropsychological disorders represent a serious problem in patients with confirmed epilepsy. It has been shown that psychiatric disorders occur significantly more frequently in patients with epilepsy than in the general population (Baumgartner and Lehner-Baumgartner, 2008). It shows different proportions in the frequency of mental disorders in patients with epilepsy from several studies were compared to their occurrence in the general population.
Dissertation Institution Vilniaus universitetas.
Type Master thesis
Language English
Publication date 2023