Symptoms of peri ictal and non epileptic psychosis.

Dr. Bhabani Shankar Shit; Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla; Dr Amrit Pattojoshi

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Symptoms of peri ictal and non epileptic psychosis.

Dr. Bhabani Shankar Shit, Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla, Dr Amrit Pattojoshi

Abstract :

Aims and Objective� The current study compared psychotic symptoms as measured by BPRS among patients of mania across groups with and without history of seizures. Method� In a retrospective chart review patients diagnosed as psychosis of any type were included, who were clearly classified as with presence or with absence of seizures historically. Review included recorded rating with BPRS of the patients, and analyzed across two groups named as peri ictal psychosis and psychosis without history of seizures. Results� A total of 74 (53 male and 21 females) patients diagnosed as psychosis grouped as non epileptic psychoses consisting 46 patients (mean age 28.97 � 10.51 years) and peri ictal psychosis consisting 28 patients (mean age 29.10 � 6.59 years). the mean BPRS score for non epileptic psychoses patient was 31.54� 4.45 and for the group of peri ictal psychosis group it was 31.13 � 4.36 ( t value = .747, df= 72 and p value= .458), in addition to that all subscale means of individual BPRS items were statistically not different from each other. Conclusions� This study reveals that presence or absence of seizure does not make any significant difference on psychosis symptomatology as measured by BPRS