TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1984//
TI  - Epilepsy in prison: elevated prevalence and no relationship to violence
JO  - Neurology
A1  - Whitman, Steven
A1  - Coleman, T. E.
A1  - Patmon, C.
A1  - Desai, B. T.
A1  - Cohen, Rachel
A1  - King, L. N.
SP  - 775
EP  - 782
VL  - 34
IS  - 6
N2  - The epidemiologic, clinical, and social characteristics of epilepsy were investigated in men entering the Illinois prison system and compared with a matched control group of prisoners without epilepsy. The prevalence of epilepsy was 2.4%, four times higher than the prevalence among men aged 20 to 39 in Rochester, MN. Head trauma was the probable cause of epilepsy among 45% of the prisoners with epilepsy, a much higher percentage than that reported in studies of other populations. In comparison with an age- and race-matched group of prisoners without epilepsy, the epilepsy group was not convicted of more serious or more violent crimes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0028-3878
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -