Association between probable postictal psychosis and subsequent diagnosis of primary psychotic disorders: a retrospective cohort study
Varsha Nandwana, Geetika Bajpai, Ching-Fang Sun, Anita S Kablinger, Aashit K Shah · 2026
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Varsha Nandwana and co-authors ask whether brief psychosis after a seizure warns of later lasting psychotic illness. Their 2026 study uses a large de-identified health database spanning two decades. Short-term signs of post-seizure psychosis are well known, but long-term meaning is not.
Adults with probable post-seizure psychosis were matched one-to-one with like patients without it. Prior psychosis cases were kept out. More than twelve hundred people entered the matched analysis. Over five years, the psychosis-after-seizure group faced about ten times the risk of a later psychotic disorder. Survival free of such illness was far lower in that group. The authors urge long-term mental health watch after such episodes.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Varsha Nandwana, Geetika Bajpai, Ching-Fang Sun, Anita S Kablinger, Aashit K Shah |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |