Mental and behavioral disorders in temporal lobe epilepsy

Abstract

The evolution of temporal lobe epilepsy often implies complex psychiatric manifestations, as the elements can be part of an aura, as well as of a psychiatric pathology of its own. This paper presents the case of a patient diagnosed with focal epilepsy of the right mesial temporal lobe, who subsequently developed psychotic disorder due to a general medical condition with medico-legal implications, treatment noncompliance and difficulties in controlling epileptic seizures.