Homicide, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Depression: A Case Report
- 1 April 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 111 (473) , 304-306
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.111.473.304
Abstract
The case of a 52-year-old man with temporal lobe epilepsy who killed his wife during a depressive episode is reported, and the relationship between the homicide, epilepsy and depression are discussed.Keywords
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