Citation

Hindler CG. Br. J. Psychiatry 1989; 155: 246-249.

Affiliation

Maudsley Hospital, London.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2597922

Abstract

Epileptic automatism and violence are seldom found among temporal lobe epileptics. The case of a 19-year-old girl who killed a 20-month-old child during an epileptic attack is described, and the literature and medico-legal issues are briefly reviewed.

Language: en