Manifestation of epileptic madness: A case report

Abstract

The epileptic fury is a rare psychological trouble, of an extreme violence which is translated by a demonstration of particularly violent driving agitation with a very marked tendency to the destruction, the subject spreading a strength multiplied tenfold far above its possibilities and which can lead to the murder. The authors report a case of 5 manslaughters committed by a young man during a state of epileptic fury and underline the diagnostic and forensic difficulties put by this pathology explaining the necessity that a somatic assessment is systematically made in front of psychiatric disorders, especially in Africa to eliminate an organic origin. Beyond the diagnostic difficulty, also arises the epidemiological interest of this rare disorder).