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510818

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred children with temporal lobe epilepsy were followed into adult life. 85 per cent had had psychiatric problems in childhood. The occurrence of overt psychiatric disorder in adult life was low: of those survivors who were not gravely mentally retarded, 70 per cent were regarded as psychiatrically healthy. Overt schizophreniform psychosis has developed in 10 per cent of survivors. Males with continuing epilepsy and left-sided foci were at special risk: 30 per cent of such patients had become psychotic. No patient coded as having a right-sided focus in 1964 had become psychotic by 1977. Though 26 patients had had grossly disordered childhood homes, this factor had no significant relation to adult psychiatric disorder. Antisocial conduct marked the adult life of 12 patients. Their childhood codes showed that male sex, a focus contralateral to the preferred hand, and unremittent epilepsy marked this group. Low intelligence and childhood rages were also prominent. Treated neurotic and depressive illness was quite uncommon. Only five survivors have fallen into this category. Those patients escaping psychiatric ill-health are often notably extraverted and successful.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0012-1622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
630-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term outcome in children with temporal lobe seizures. III: Psychiatric aspects in childhood and adult life.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article