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Biological Antagonism and Epileptic Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. Wolf  and
M. R. Trimble
P. Wolf
Affiliation:
Universitätsklinikum Charlottenburg, Freie Universität, Berlin 19
M. R. Trimble*
Affiliation:
National Hospital for Nervous Diseases and Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG
*
∗ Correspondence
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Summary

The controversial literature about the biological antagonism between schizophrenia and epilepsy involves at least two areas of clinical interest. Firstly, it is frequently stated that convulsive treatment was introduced into psychiatry for the management of psychosis because of this antagonism, and secondly, it has a bearing on the topics of ‘alternative psychosis' and ‘forced normalisation’, as reported in the epilepsy literature. In addition to these, the subject is of theoretical interest in its relationship to other biological antagonisms that may be found in nature, but closer examination of the literature suggests that some of the discussions and controversies surrounding this problem are based on assumptions that may be incorrect. One possible reason for this may be the fact that much of the original work was written in German, and we propose therefore to give a brief account of the origins of the theories, as derived from their original sources.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 146 , Issue 3 , March 1985 , pp. 272 - 276
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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