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Successful Treatment of Episodic Dyscontrol with Carbamazepine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jona Lewin  and
David Sumners
Jona Lewin*
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry of Disability, Department of Mental Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE
David Sumners
Affiliation:
North West Thames Regional Health Authority, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Following a road-traffic accident, an 18–year-old man developed episodic dyscontrol which brought him into conflict with the law. Two years after the accident, treatment with carbamazepine was initiated and further aggressive outbursts subsided. The efficacy and mode of action of carbamazepine is discussed and the literature reviewed.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 2 , August 1992 , pp. 261 - 262
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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