Citation

Mokhber N, Azarpazhooh MR, Prakash A, Zamprogna Ballès JA, Prakash A. Int. J. Law Psychiatry 2018; 58: 117-121.

Affiliation

Western University, Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care, 401 Sunset Dr. St. Thomas, ON N5R3C6, Canada. Electronic address: Arun.Prakash@sjhc.london.on.ca.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.01.008

PMID

29853002

Abstract

We reported a case of sexual assault in a 60-year-old male with no history of mental illness. The lack of memory about the time of the assault and the patient's uncharacteristic behaviour suggested sexual deviant behaviour secondary to a brain lesion. Further investigations revealed a lentiform stroke. A possibility of abnormal sexual behaviour due to an epileptic seizure and/or a destructive brain lesion is suggested. We summarized the history of our patient in this paper and provided a review of the medico-legal aspects of hypersexuality and sexual deviant behaviors due to brain disorders.

Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Language: en

Keywords

Complex partial seizure; Criminal responsibility; Forensic psychiatry; Offense; Rape; Sexual assaults; Sexual deviant behaviors; Temporal lobe epilepsy