2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.07.020
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Forced normalization: case series from a Spanish epilepsy unit

Abstract: Introduction: Forced normalization is a clinical situation of singular relationship betweenepilepsy and psychosis, in which a patient shows behavioural and psychiatric symptoms coinciding with a reduction or termination of seizures and a total or partial normalization ofelectroencephalogram. Behavioural symptoms (frequently psychosis) or mood disturbances may appear. More information about this phenomenon, risk factors and prognostic variables is needed. Materials and methods: We conducted a systematic review … Show more

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“…The phenomenon of FN is often difficult to identify and treat because of the wide spectrum of differential diagnoses that should be considered 12 . In this case, the history of refractory epilepsy, lack of negative symptoms, partial awareness of the disease, and rapid response to low-dose antipsychotic treatment made the diagnosis of primary psychosis less likely 13 .…”
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confidence: 97%
“…The phenomenon of FN is often difficult to identify and treat because of the wide spectrum of differential diagnoses that should be considered 12 . In this case, the history of refractory epilepsy, lack of negative symptoms, partial awareness of the disease, and rapid response to low-dose antipsychotic treatment made the diagnosis of primary psychosis less likely 13 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%