The causes of epilepsy are broadly classified as genetic, structural/metabolic, or unknown. Anything that causes epilepsy causes<unk> , because<unk>  is the process of developing epilepsy. Structural causes of epilepsy include neurodegenerative diseases, traumatic brain injury, stroke, brain tumor, infections of the central nervous system, and status epilepticus (a prolonged seizure or a series of seizures occurring in quick succession).
Epileptogenesis
Cortical spreading depression
Excited delirium
Stimulant psychosis
Decompensation
Hypnoid state
Body substance isolation
Ischemic cascade