Criminality and Violence in Epileptic Prisoners

Abstract

i i6 CORRESPONDENCE used in endocrine, cardiovascular and many other disorders, where drug treatment aims to restore and preserve the patient's functional adequacy.Lithium does not abolish the clinical and psycho social evidences of recurrent affective disorders. It diminishes the severity ofsymptoms to varying degrees and reduces the amplitude of mood swings to a point

The Endurance of Uncertainty: Antisociality and Ontological Anarchy in British Psychiatry, 1950–2010

“…These sat alongside more organic conceptions throughout the 1960s and 1970s (Nielson 1971), during which time wider debates were being played out regarding the links between an individual's genetics (particularly, the XYY genotype) and aggressiveness 11 . Correlations between physique and personality type continued to be explored (Borgaonkar et al 1972; Nielson and Tsuboi 1970), as were longstanding associations between violence and epilepsy (see Gunn 1974; Gunn and Bonn 1971; Hills 1971; Kristianson 1974). 12…”

“…These sat alongside more organic conceptions throughout the 1960s and 1970s (Nielson 1971), during which time wider debates were being played out regarding the links between an individual's genetics (particularly, the XYY genotype) and aggressiveness. 11 Correlations between physique and personality type continued to be explored (Borgaonkar et al 1972;Nielson and Tsuboi 1970), as were longstanding associations between violence and epilepsy (see Gunn 1974;Gunn and Bonn 1971;Hills 1971;Kristianson 1974). 12 Like the integrationist psychiatry of key figures like Aubrey Lewis, some clinicians and investigators at the coalface of practice and research acted as what might be called "ontological bricoleurs," molding together different developmental accounts into a complex conceptual framework.…”