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 behaviour.
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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