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A liaison psychiatry experience of epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Alan P Byrne
Alan P Byrne*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, 1E7.31 Walter Mackenzie Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada
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Abstract

Of three hundred and sixty-one cases seen in a liaison psychiatry service over a twelve-month period, fifteen cases presented with psychiatric symptoms related to epileptic activity, or the treatment thereof. Seven new cases of epilepsy were diagnosed on the basis of primarily psychiatric phenomenology. The fact that twenty-five per cent of patients with epilepsy seen during this period had been incorrectly diagnosed gives cause for concern, and examination of the factors which caused diagnostic difficulty in these cases reveals details of interest to practising clinicians.

Keywords

EpilepsyPsychiatric phenomenologyDiagnostic difficulty.
Type
Clinical and Brief Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 22 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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