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Antagonistas de Dopamina/administração & dosagem , Antagonistas de Dopamina/efeitos adversos , Terrores Noturnos/induzido quimicamente , Risperidona/administração & dosagem , Risperidona/efeitos adversos , Síndrome de Tourette/tratamento farmacológico , Adulto , Antagonistas de Dopamina/uso terapêutico , Esquema de Medicação , Feminino , Alemanha , Humanos , Masculino , Risperidona/uso terapêutico , SuíçaRESUMO
Mood disorders in patients with epilepsy are not frequently diagnosed and not treated. Because of the high prevalence of depression and the resulting high suicide rate, precise diagnosis and effective therapy are very important. Frequently, the clinical pictures of depressive syndromes in epileptics do not correspond with those described in operationalized classification systems such as ICD-10 or DSM-IV. The incidence of depressive disorders in epileptics is estimated in the literature to be 30%-70%. Multifactorial pathogenetic models include the type of seizures, the location of the epileptic focus, and neurotransmitter dysfunctions, as well as hereditary and psychosocial influences, and negative psychotropic effects of antiepileptic drugs. Despite an insufficient number of available controlled studies, based on the current data, treatment with the newer serotonergic antidepressants can be recommended for patients with epilepsy.
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Epilepsia/psicologia , Epilepsia/terapia , Transtornos do Humor/psicologia , Transtornos do Humor/terapia , Anticonvulsivantes/uso terapêutico , Antidepressivos/uso terapêutico , Epilepsia/complicações , Epilepsia/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Transtornos do Humor/complicações , Transtornos do Humor/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
Due to its low profile for extrapyramidal side-effects, quetiapine has become an alternative to clozapine in the treatment of dopamimetic psychosis in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). We describe the case of a patient with PD who developed severe akathisia, a common complication with classical antipsychotics, with quetiapine.
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Acatisia Induzida por Medicamentos/etiologia , Antipsicóticos/efeitos adversos , Dibenzotiazepinas/efeitos adversos , Doença de Parkinson/tratamento farmacológico , Antipsicóticos/uso terapêutico , Dibenzotiazepinas/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doença de Parkinson/complicações , Fumarato de QuetiapinaRESUMO
Palinacousis is a rarely reported symptom of temporal lobe dysfunction. Especially in psychiatric patients it may be misdiagnosed if it is not differentiated from the auditory hallucinations of psychotic illness. We report the case of a 20-year-old patient with the previously established diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia who presented with the symptom of palinacousis. She was not psychotic at that time, her only complaints being recurrent auditory sensations. Repeated EEG recordings showed a left temporal theta focus with spikes. The diagnosis of temporal lobe seizures was made. Treatment with carbamazepine led to complete recovery.
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Transtornos da Percepção Auditiva/etiologia , Epilepsia do Lobo Temporal/diagnóstico , Esquizofrenia/complicações , Esquizofrenia/fisiopatologia , Psicologia do Esquizofrênico , Adulto , Transtornos da Percepção Auditiva/diagnóstico , Eletroencefalografia , Epilepsia do Lobo Temporal/complicações , Epilepsia do Lobo Temporal/fisiopatologia , Feminino , HumanosRESUMO
PURPOSE: A controversy currently exists regarding the significance of dissociation and conversion in the pathogenesis of pseudoepileptic seizures. After the abolition of the term "hysterical neurosis" from the current diagnostic systems, these seizures were diagnosed as either Dissociative Disorders (ICD-10) or in the DSM IV as Somatoform disorder, most often of conversion type. Recent studies of patients with Dissociative Disorders found that most patients also had conversion symptoms. METHODS: In the present study, 60 patients of an outpatient clinic for epilepsy were assessed for the presence of dissociative symptoms and general psychopathologic symptoms by using the German version of the Dissociative Experience Scale (DES) and the Symptom Check List (SCL-90-R). RESULTS: The patients with pseudoepileptic seizures showed a significantly higher incidence of dissociation (p < 0.0098) and general psychopathologic symptoms (p < 0.0083). Depression, anxiety, and obsession were dominating psychopathologic symptoms in all patients. CONCLUSIONS: The significantly higher incidence of dissociation in the patients with pseudoepileptic seizures suggests dissociation in the pathogenesis of these seizures.