Author/Authors :
Demirkol, Mehmet Emin Samandağ Devlet Hastanesi, Turkey , Tamam, Lut Çukurova Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Terminal lucidity phenomena
Abstract :
Unexpected symptom remission in psychiatric and neurologic disesases shortly before patients’ death have been known since last 250 years but not received enough attention. This phenomenon is called terminal lucidity. Terminal lucidity can be experienced at patients with diagnosis of dementia, schizophrenia, brain abscess, brain tumour, stroke and mood disorders. Explanatory models about reasons and neurobiology of this phenomenon will contribute to develop new treatment strategies about mentioned diseases and to live last moments times before death better
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Terminal lucidity , dementia , schizophrenia
JournalTitle :
Cukurova Medical Journal
