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Psychiatric symptom profiles of patients with epilepsy: a controlled investigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

K. F. Standage  and
G. W. Fenton
K. F. Standage
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Guy' Hospital, London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
G. W. Fenton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Guy' Hospital, London, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Synopsis

A comparison was made of the mental state of patients with chronic epilepsy and matched controls with locomotor disorders, using a reliable psychiatric interview technique. The symptom profiles of the two groups were similar. The profiles of temporal lobe and other epileptics were also similar. Epileptic patients with a high current psychiatric morbidity were characterized by a raised incidence of previous neurotic illness and raised neuroticism scores on the Eysenck Personality Inventory.

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Original Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , May 1975 , pp. 152 - 160
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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