[Nosographic problems and clinico-phenomenal characteristics of psychoses in epilepsy]

A critical analysis is made of the published reports on the epidemiologico-clinical and etiopathogenetic aspects of psychoses in epilepsy. Having underlined the principal characteristics of this pathology together with the main methodological and descriptive problems which emerge from the studies examined, the paper concludes by stressing the need for an approach based on a multifactorial understanding of the causes of these psychoses. In operative terms it is also necessary to evaluate the role of the predominant risk factors in each individual case.