TY - JOUR PY - 1996// TI - Epilepsy, aggression, and criminal responsibility JO - Psychiatric services A1 - Borum, Randy A1 - Appelbaum, K. L. SP - 762 EP - 763 VL - 47 IS - 7 N2 - Although epilepsy-related violence can occur, accounts of criminal behavior caused by epilepsy remain rare and unconvincing. The authors describe a case of apparent postictal aggression, resulting in felony assault charges, by a patient who had nocturnal complex partial seizures, followed by what appeared to be sleepwalking and periods of postictal wandering and confusion.
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