Citation

Assal G, Bindschaedler C. Neurochirurgie (Paris) 1992; 38(6): 381-384.

Vernacular Title

Delire religieux treize ans apres traumatisme cranien.

Affiliation

Division autonome de Neuropsychologie, C.H.U.V., Lausanne, Suisse.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1306896

Abstract

We report here with a case of religious delusion in a 39 years old woman. She had suffered a head injury with right temporal concussion 13 years before but had no earlier history of psychiatric disorder. In view of the fact that this acute psychiatric state lasted for a short duration of time and that personality and affects were preserved, this incident is compared to the schizophreniform disorder of the type DSM-III-R. The hypothesis of an acquired predisposition due to head injury has been put forward as an explanation.

Language: fr