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Behavioural disturbance in people with epilepsy and a mental handicap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Paul McQuail
Paul McQuail*
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Academic Sub-Department of Psychological Medicine in North Wales, North Wales Hospital, Denbigh, Clwyd LL16 5SS
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People with a mental handicap may have a variety of behavioural symptoms, and according to DSM-III-R those commonly seen include passivity, low self-esteem, low frustration tolerance, aggressiveness, poor impulse control, and stereotyped self-stimulating and self-injurious behaviour. There is, however, no diagnostic subclassification of these in DSM-III-R.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 7 , July 1992 , pp. 402 - 404
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

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