A young woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and psychosis of unclear prognosis
Intellectual disability is a known condition, but psychosis and its extension in functional areas of life, with episodes of seizures in between, make the case complex and leave clinicians with a limited choice of treatment and unpredictable outcomes. We present the case of a 20-year-old female with...
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| author | Ayush Lall B Lakshmi Dorai C Pradeep A Esaimozhi |
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| description | Intellectual disability is a known condition, but psychosis and its extension in functional areas of life, with episodes of seizures in between, make the case complex and leave clinicians with a limited choice of treatment and unpredictable outcomes. We present the case of a 20-year-old female with intellectual disability, episodes of seizures, and pattern of psychosis, with its course describing the perplexity of the treatment in the area of its outcome predictability, which also highlights the lack of a structured approach for clinicians' guidance in managing it as a multidisciplinary field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-226e2afd58944816a6cd0c979d19a8e02023-07-21T14:20:43ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAnnals of Indian Psychiatry2588-83582588-83662023-01-0171787910.4103/aip.aip_72_22A young woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and psychosis of unclear prognosisAyush LallB Lakshmi DoraiC PradeepA EsaimozhiIntellectual disability is a known condition, but psychosis and its extension in functional areas of life, with episodes of seizures in between, make the case complex and leave clinicians with a limited choice of treatment and unpredictable outcomes. We present the case of a 20-year-old female with intellectual disability, episodes of seizures, and pattern of psychosis, with its course describing the perplexity of the treatment in the area of its outcome predictability, which also highlights the lack of a structured approach for clinicians' guidance in managing it as a multidisciplinary field.http://www.anip.co.in/article.asp?issn=2588-8358;year=2023;volume=7;issue=1;spage=78;epage=79;aulast=Lallcase reportepilepsyintellectual disabilitypsychosis |
| spellingShingle | Ayush Lall B Lakshmi Dorai C Pradeep A Esaimozhi A young woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and psychosis of unclear prognosis Annals of Indian Psychiatry case report epilepsy intellectual disability psychosis |
| title | A young woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and psychosis of unclear prognosis |
| title_full | A young woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and psychosis of unclear prognosis |
| title_fullStr | A young woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and psychosis of unclear prognosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A young woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and psychosis of unclear prognosis |
| title_short | A young woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and psychosis of unclear prognosis |
| title_sort | young woman with intellectual disability epilepsy and psychosis of unclear prognosis |
| topic | case report epilepsy intellectual disability psychosis |
| url | http://www.anip.co.in/article.asp?issn=2588-8358;year=2023;volume=7;issue=1;spage=78;epage=79;aulast=Lall |
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