Citation

Greig E, Betts T. Seizure 1992; 1(4): 269-274.

Affiliation

Birmingham University Medical School, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1344776

Abstract

Previous sexual abuse is now thought to be a common cause of non-epileptic seizures (pseudoseizures). However, since sexual abuse is common, a previous history of sexual abuse may also occur in people with actual epilepsy. We present six patients in all of whom sexual abuse may, by acting as a stressor in the already predisposed, have precipitated epilepsy and in some of whom the abuse may have affected the actual experiences of the epilepsy itself: all but one of the patients had partial seizures.

Language: en