Epilepsy and the "dark" literature of the Greek novelist Demosthenes Voutyras: an outstanding epileptic personality.

Autor:	Patrikelis P; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Evangelismos Hospital, First Department of Neurosurgery, Athens, Greece.; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Philosophy, School of Psychology, Thessaloniki, Greece., Messinis L; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Philosophy, School of Psychology, Thessaloniki, Greece.; University Hospital of Patras, School of Medicine, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Patras, Greece., Folia V; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Philosophy, School of Psychology, Thessaloniki, Greece., Nasios G; University of Ioannina, School of Health Sciences, Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Ioannina, Greece., Alexoudi A; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Evangelismos Hospital, First Department of Neurosurgery, Athens, Greece., Verentzioti A; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Evangelismos Hospital, First Department of Neurosurgery, Athens, Greece., Korfias S; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Evangelismos Hospital, First Department of Neurosurgery, Athens, Greece., Kimiskidis V; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, 1st Department of Neurology, Thessaloniki, Greece., Gatzonis S; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Evangelismos Hospital, First Department of Neurosurgery, Athens, Greece.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria [Arq Neuropsiquiatr] 2023 Apr; Vol. 81 (4), pp. 384-391. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 28.
DOI:	10.1055/s-0042-1758443
Abstrakt:	Background: The role of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in determining personality traits and neurobehavioral symptoms, collectively known as the interictal behavioral syndrome (also known as Geschwind syndrome or "Gastaut-Geschwind syndrome"), as well as the syndrome's association with the particular artistic expression of many epileptic litterateurs are well known in neurology and psychiatry. A deepening of emotionality along with a serious, highly ethical, and spiritual behavior have been described as positive personality changes among patients with chronic mesial-TLE. Objectives: Our narrative-based clinical hypothesis aims at contributing to the ongoing debate on the association between TLE and artistic expression, as well as the latter's supposed implication for epileptology in general and the neuropsychology of epilepsy in particular. Methods: Through an analysis of the biography, language, and literary work of Greek novelist Demosthenes Voutyras, we hypothesize that his mystical and dark writing style could be attributed to medial temporal interictal dynamics. Conclusions: We suggest that the psycholiterary profile of Voutyras is consistent with the idiosyncratic characteristics of the temporal lobe personality, while a non-dominant temporal lobe contribution has been proposed. Competing Interests: The authors have no conflict of interests to declare. (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).)
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