[Reflections on epileptic personality changes].

Abstract

When epileptic seizures occur suddenly in puberty, the patient is seized with the feeling of anxiety, isolation and despair, and this feeling is increased by the special quality of puberty. The patient tries to overcome this critical situation by including "epilepsy" in his own personality. When this process is accomplished in puberty in which an ego-identification is done, an epileptic personality disorder is formed gradually. Accordingly, how the patient tides over this crisis is important for the formation of an epileptic personality disorder. In order to prevent the development of this condition, it is necessary to apply psychotherapy.