THE SYNDROME OF EPISODIC CONFUSIONS

J. KasaninAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 93, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.93.3.625

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Abstract

1. Transitory, recurrent psychotic episodes characterized by emotional turmoil, various kinetic phenomena, and dissociation with confusion and hallucinations, followed by complete recovery and amnesia, have been well recognized and described by clinicians in the 19th century.

2. In 1923 Kleist again called attention to this group of cases which he called episodic confusions. He stressed the constitutional background of his cases and emphasized a certain kinship to epilepsy and migraine on this basis.

3. Two cases which seem to fit into this category, and illustrate the difficulty of fitting them into the usual nosological groups, are here presented.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 93 • Number 3 • November 1936

Pages: 625 - 638

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Published in print: November 1936

Published online: 1 April 2006

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J. Kasanin

Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Ill.

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THE SYNDROME OF EPISODIC CONFUSIONS

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