Abstract

ABSTRACT
Background: Psychiatrics usually
refer patients for electroencephalography (EEG) when they suspect
that a mental illness has an organic
cause. Nonconvulsive seizures may
mimic functional psychiatric illness
when they manifest with abnormal
behaviours. These seizures may be
misdiagnosed by clinicians without
EEG. This has major implications for
psychiatry practice in a developing
country like Nigeria where seizures
and other potentially preventable
organic brain syndromes are
common. Despite its limitations, the
EEG has been useful in evaluating
psychiatric patients with suspected
seizures. This study determined the
predictive value of EEG in epilepsy
patients withabnormalbehaviours

Key words: Key words: Abnormal behaviours, electroencephalography,epilepsy, nonconvulsiveseizures