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Autoscopy, Mental Handicap and Epilepsy

A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Richard A. Collacott  and
Saumitra Deb
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Abstract

A case of autoscopy in a 43-year-old epileptic and mentally handicapped woman is described. The possible significance of this phenomenon to the patient is discussed.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 6 , December 1988 , pp. 825 - 827
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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