Epileptic psychosis: a case report

Abstract

Schizophrenia and epilepsy are two disorders that sometimes concur in the same person. According to the present classifications for the diagnosis of mental disorders, these patients would receive two different diagnoses without contemplating the possibility that they are related disorders. However, in some cases, it is possible to determine a probable relationship between both disorders that can be expressed in both symptoms and evolution. In this text, we present a case of a patient with epilepsy who developed a mystic and religious delusional picture. According to some authors, this theme may be more frequent in patients with epilepsy. In addition, temporal damage is associated in epilepsy and psychotic disorders. In this paper, we review the possible similarity between both disorders. Nevertheless, the relationship between both diseases is not that clear and more research is needed.