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Fictitious Epilepsy associated with Amnesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. R. Jones  and
F. A. Horrocks
J. R. Jones*
Affiliation:
North Wales Hospital, Denbigh, Clwyd LL16 5SS, North Wales
F. A. Horrocks
Affiliation:
The Royal Liverpool Hospital
*
∗Clatterbridge Hospital, Bebbington
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Epilepsy can occur in patients without any changes apparent in the electroencephalogram. Thus the diagnosis of epilepsy is essentially made on clinical grounds. The clinical features of epilepsy are rela tively easy to learn to mimic. Feigned epilepsy can occur in adulthood or it may occur in childhood, as part of a Munchausen syndrome by proxy as described by Meadows (1984). We would like to describe a case of feigned epilepsy with global amnesia, and several other symptoms of aberrant illness behaviour.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 2 , February 1987 , pp. 257 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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