TY - JOUR
T1 - Dissociative States With Abnormal Temporal Lobe EEG
T2 - Multiple Personality and the Illusion of Possession
AU - Mesulam, M. Marsel
PY - 1981/3
Y1 - 1981/3
N2 - Twelve patients with clinical and EEG manifestations reminiscent of temporal lobe epilepsy reported symptoms of dissociative states. In seven of these patients, the clinical picture was consistent with multiple personality, whereas the other five had the illusion of supernatural possession. These cases suggest that in selected instances dissociative states may constitute complex behavioral manifestations of chronic limbic epilepsy.
AB - Twelve patients with clinical and EEG manifestations reminiscent of temporal lobe epilepsy reported symptoms of dissociative states. In seven of these patients, the clinical picture was consistent with multiple personality, whereas the other five had the illusion of supernatural possession. These cases suggest that in selected instances dissociative states may constitute complex behavioral manifestations of chronic limbic epilepsy.
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U2 - 10.1001/archneur.1981.00510030070010
DO - 10.1001/archneur.1981.00510030070010
M3 - Article
C2 - 7469851
AN - SCOPUS:0019492959
SN - 0003-9942
VL - 38
SP - 176
EP - 181
JO - Archives of Neurology
JF - Archives of Neurology
IS - 3
ER -