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[Psychotropic agents may induce de novo nonconvulsive status epilepticus]
1Department of Psychiatry, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.
Nihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi = Japanese Journal of Psychopharmacology
|July 13, 2000
Abstract:
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) shows a prolonged state of confusion and psychosis accompanied by many different kinds of continuous epileptic discharges. NCSE may occur not only in epileptic patients but also in adults with no previous history of epilepsy. Some de novo NCSE may be caused by the administration of psychotropic agents such as antidepressants and neuroleptics and withdrawal from benzodiazepines. However, little attention has been paid to such de novo NCSE in Japan. Previous reports with respect to psychotropic drug-related NCSE were reviewed.