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A Case of Insane Automatism?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2018
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Epileptic automatism is now believed to be a rare disorder, and only a very small number of cases have been described (Knox, 1968; Gunn and Fenton, 1971; and Gunn, 1978) in which aggressive behaviour has occurred during automatism. There are important legal issues involved if a serious crime is committed and insane automatism is given as the defence.
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