BACKGROUND: EPISODES OF PSYCHOSIS OR OTHER PSYCHIATRIC FEATURES WHICH OCCUR IN THE REMISSION PERIOD OF SEIZURE ATTACKS, ARE KNOWN AS ALTERNATIVE PSYCHOSIS OR FORCED Normalization. FORCED Normalization, FIRST TIME WAS DESCRIBED BY LANDOT, IN 1953 FOR A GROUP OF PATIENTS WHOSE EPILEPTIC ATTACKS WERE SATISFACTORILY CONTROLLED AND THEIR EEGS WERE NORMAL, BUT PSYCHOTIC ATTACKS WERE DEVELOPED INSTEAD.THIS CONDITION HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED BY MANY OTHERS, BUT AS ITS PRECISE MECHANISM IS NOT WELL KNOWN, THIS CONTINUES TO BE AN INTERFACE BETWEEN EPILEPTOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS...