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Psychiatric presentations of seizure disorders

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.133.3.321

Seizure disorders may present with signs and symptoms that are usually associated with psychiatric disorders. Physicians must be alert to this possibility; they should use careful history taking in conjunction with EEGs to avoid misdiagnosing certain cases of psychomotor, petit male, and grand mal epilepsy.

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