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SCHIZOPHRENIA LIKE PSYCHOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH EPILEPSY IN A 14 YEAR OLD- A CASE REPORT
Jagrita Malakar*, Naghma Mobin and Amar Verma
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Epilepsy and schizophrenia are both due to altered cerebral functioning. There had been reports of mental health disorders associated with epilepsy. Usually the psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy is a non-negligible issue with regard to the quality of life of such patient.[1] But still Psychosis associated with epilepsy has been observed in adult and children recently. In this review, the predisposing factors, clinical features and diagnostic approach of schizophrenia like psychosis in epilepsy (SLPE) has been discussed, which is one of the most severe form of comorbidity in epilepsy in children. Here we present a case of epilepsy of generalized tonic clonic type along with schizophrenia like symptoms in a 14 year old male pediatric patient.
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