[Panic attacks simulated by occipital lobe seizures]

(Als Panikattacken imponierende Occipitallappenanfälle.)

Full Abstract

Eleven-year-old Stephanie was admitted to a child and adolescent psychiatry day hospital with symptoms of an anxiety and panic disorder, and compulsive and self-harmful behavior. The patient described detailed threatening scenic sequences that caused her to feel panicky. They symptoms could be classified as epilepsy with visually dominated seizures of the occipital lobe. In addition to pharmacological treatment with oxcabazepine, extensive multimodal interventions as part of the child and adolescent psychiatric day hospital treatment program helped all family members to understand and handle the seizures. Eight weeks after initiation of treatment, Stephanie was seizure-free. Complex partial epilepsy can be mistaken for primary child-psychiatric disorder.

Author information

Author/s: Stolle, Martin (M); Sieben, Claudia (C); Püst, Burkhard (B);

Affiliation: Deutsches Zentrum für Suchtfragen des Kindes- und Jugendalters (DZSKJ), Psychosoziales Zentrum am Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf. m.stolle(-atsign-)uke.de

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; English Abstract; Journal Article

Journal: Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie (Z Kinder Jugendpsychiatr Psychother), published in Switzerland. (Language: ger)

Reference: 2009-May; vol 37 (issue 3) : pp 203-7

Dates: Created 2009/05/05; Completed 2009/07/13;

PMID: 19415605, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 7/24/2009, IMS Date: )

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