TY  - JOUR
T1  - EPisodic behavioral disorders—schizophrenia or epilepsy
AU  - MONROE RR
Y1  - 1959/08/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpsyc.1959.03590020101009
JO  - A.M.A. Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 205
EP  - 214
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
N2  - There is a group of psychiatric patients with normal electroencephalograms who demonstrate paroxysmal, hypersynchronous electroencephalographic activity after activation with α-chloralose. Such electroencephalographic activity in itself would be suggestive of epilepsy. However, the patient’s predominant symptomatology and behavioral patterns suggest functional psychiatric disorders, such as impulsive sociopathic behavior, catatonic schizophrenia, acute undifferentiated schizophrenia, catathymic crisis, or hysterical dissociation states. Although the psychiatric symptomatology predominates, there may also occur such epileptic manifestations as generalized seizures, automatisms, and complex psychical seizures. This mixture of symptoms suggests a diagnostic group intermediate between schizophrenia and epilepsy—disorders which are usually considered qualitatively different.On the basis of clinical observation, such a grouping has often been suggested in the literature. A recent review of such reports was included in the article by Rodin et al.1 In another recent article, Ervin et al.2 report that
SN  - 0375-8532
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1959.03590020101009
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1959.03590020101009
ER  -