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Characteristics of Psychotic Patients With Foreign Accent Syndrome

Received August 13, 2004; revised October 4, 2005; accepted December 10, 2005. Dr. Reeves is Chief of Psychiatry, Dr. Burke is a staff psychologist, and Dr. Parker is the Director of the Chemical Dependency Treatment Program at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center. Dr. Reeves is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Burke is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Dr. Parker is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi. Address correspondence to Dr. Reeves, VA Medical Center, 1500 East Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39216; roy.reeves{at}med.va.gov (e-mail).

The authors describe three patients with foreign accent syndrome during psychotic episodes which resolve with improvement of psychotic symptoms. Psychotic symptoms were worse during the times patients had foreign accents, suggesting a relationship between the presence of the accent and the severity of the psychosis.

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