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Social Factors and Epileptics in Prison

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John Gunn
John Gunn*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
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In 1966 a census was carried out of the epileptic population in prisons and borstals in England and Wales (1). This indicated that there are at least 7.1 epileptics/1,000 men in these institutions, a figure higher than that expected from general population estimates. The present paper reports an attempt to explain this higher prevalence using an interview study of a representative sample of epileptic prisoners together with a similar study of non-epileptic prisoners matched for institution and date of reception into prison.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 583 , June 1974 , pp. 509 - 517
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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