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. 1982 Jun;45(6):481–488. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.45.6.481

Interictal behaviour in hospitalised temporal lobe epileptics: relationship to idiopathic psychiatric syndromes.

D Bear, K Levin, D Blumer, D Chetham, J Ryder
PMCID: PMC491423  PMID: 7119811

Abstract

Temporal lobe epileptics undergoing psychiatric hospitalisation were contrasted with patients suffering idiopathic psychiatric syndromes or other epilepsies. Quantitative ratings from blind interviews conducted according to a protocol confirmed the appearance of a statistically distinctive behavioural profile, including the desire for social affiliation, circumstantiality, religious and philosophic interests, and deepened affects, among the temporal lobe epileptics.

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