Dissociative psychosis: an atypical presentation and response to cognitive analytic therapy

Dandy-walker Syndrome with Epilepsy and Psychosis : an Atypical Presentation

A case of "Dandy-Walker Syndrome" with secondary Generalised tonic clonic seizures and post-ictal psychosis is reported in a 33 year old man. The venthculo-pehtoneal shunt procedure, carried on 3 years back has failed to bring down the seizure frequency. Electrophysiological and neuropsychological investigation suggest impairment in left temporal lobe.

From Hysterical Psychosis to Reactive Dissociative Psychosis

In this paper Reactive Dissociative Psychosis (RDP) is seen as a post-traumatic stress response. and as a subcategory of Brief Reactive Psychosis (BRP). A review of the literature and the evolution of RDP from Hysteria and Hysterical Psychosis are given. Issue is taken with defining the duration of BRP as “Brief_ “ The authors argue that long-standing psychotic symptoms may be traumaticallinduc...

Dopaminergic genes influence early response to atypical antipsychotics in patients with first presentation of psychosis.

Psychosis as an Early Presentation of Neuro-Brucellosis

Brucellosis is an endemic zoonotic infectious disease in Middle East countries including Iran. This infection may involve central nervous system. Psychosis has been reported in rare cases with chronic brucellosis.A 26-year-old male shepherd patient who developed neuro-brucellosis and psychosis is presented. He had hallucinations (visual and auditory) and delusions. He was also impulsive and had...

Odontogenic Fibroma of the Maxilla - An Atypical Presentation

Odontogenic fibroma (OF) is considered an unusual, benign mesenchymal neoplasm and one of the most little-understood lesions amongst all odontogenic neoplasms. The incidence rate of the tumor is from 0% to 5.5%. WHO classified them into intraosseous or central and extraosseous or peripheral variants. It chiefly consists of fibroblastic tissue with an inconsistent amount of inactive appearing od...