T Miyakawa

Religious experiences in epileptic patients with a focus on ictus-related episodes.

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences June 1, 1998 A Ogata, T Miyakawa

Two hundred thirty-four epileptic patients were examined for ictus-related religious experiences. Of the 234 cases, three (1.3%) were found to have had such religious experiences. All three cases had temporal lobe epilepsy with post-ictal psychosis, while one exhibited a simple partial seizure. At the same time, interictal experiences with hyperreligiosity were recognized in all three cases....