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Hypomania Following Complex Partial Seizures

A Report of Three Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. Barczak ,
E. Edmunds  and
T. Betts
P. Barczak*
Affiliation:
Midland Nerve Hospital, Birmingham
E. Edmunds
Affiliation:
All Saints Hospital, Birmingham
T. Betts
Affiliation:
Birmingham University; Aston University
*
Midland Centre for Forensic Psychiatry, All Saints Hospital, Lodge Road, Birmingham B18 5SD
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Abstract

Depressive disorders are commonly found among selected groups of patients with epilepsy, but hypomania is seldom seen. Three cases of hypomania seen at a unit specialising in epilepsy are presented. The cases are of interest because of their association with recent seizures, and location in the non-dominant temporal lobe.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 137 - 139
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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