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Epilepsy and Violence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. G. Hindler
C. G. Hindler*
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF; formerly Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, Hampstead, London NW3 2QG
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Abstract

Epileptic automatism and violence are seldom found among temporal lobe epileptics. The case of a 19-year-old girl who killed a 20-month-old child during an epileptic attack is described, and the literature and medico-legal issues are briefly reviewed.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 2 , August 1989 , pp. 246 - 249
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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