Lars Levi Dutschke

Brain Tumor-Associated Psychosis and Spirituality-A Case Report.

Frontiers in Psychiatry 2017 Lars Levi Dutschke, Sarah Steinau, Roland Wiest et al.

This case report describes a patient with a dysembryogenic neuroepithelial tumor localized in the posterior thalamus and internal capsule, which presented with psychosis including religiously determined severe self-mutilation, auditory hallucinations, and rituals. The patient's history includes periodic religiousness over decades of her life suggesting that spirituality in this case might be a...