Citation

Osman AKA. Arab J. Psychiatr. 1993; 4(1): 12-22.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Arab Federation of Psychiatrists)

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Abstract

Aggression or/and violence are extremely rare during epileptic seizures, though an artifactual impression of them be common has been a longstanding one. Most of the studies which gave support to a positive relationship between epilepsy and violence had been criticized for many drawbacks. Nevertheless, evidence is accumulating that violence does occur, but rarely, solely due to epileptic seizures. The serious medico-legal implications of such a link demands reliable and valid criteria to help diagnose those rare epileptic patients who commit violence solely due to their epilepsy.

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