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v. Discussion and Conclusions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Eliot Slater ,
A. W. Beard  and
Eric Glithero
Eliot Slater
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, National Hospital, Queen Square, London, W.C.1
A. W. Beard
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, London, W.1
Eric Glithero
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, London, W.1
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The task now arises to indicate the significance which should be given to the findings described in earlier pages. There are three possible theories by which the combination of a schizophrenia-like psychosis with a pre-existing epilepsy might be accounted for. First the combination might be co-incidental, due purely to chance, in which case there would be no medical problem of any consequence. Secondly the occurrence of epileptic fits might tend to precipitate the psychosis in individuals genetically predisposed, who otherwise would have had better chances of escaping such a development. Thirdly the psychosis might be the direct consequence of the epilepsy, and therefore to be regarded as an epileptic and not a schizophrenic disorder in the aetiological sense. Fourthly it would be possible to suppose that in any given collection of cases representatives of more than one of these causal chains could be found. These theories may be discussed in turn.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 109 , Issue 458 , January 1963 , pp. 143 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1963 

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