mood-congruent psychotic feature

a DSM–IV–TR and DSM–5 specification for any delusion or hallucination that is thematically consistent with either sadness or mania when it occurs in severe major depressive episodes, manic episodes, or mixed episodes.

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January 30th 2025

febrile seizure

a seizure arising from a high fever. It is the most common type of seizure in childhood and 20 to 30% of them recur. Febrile seizure is a benign condition for most children, but experiments with nonhuman animals and neuroimaging studies in humans suggest some febrile seizures may damage the hippocampus.