Epilepsy and arson.
A man temporarily developed an organic personality change, psychosis and epilepsy after a frontal lobe operation for a subarachnoid haemorrhage. While affected, he set fire to his house. The arson is thought to have been a direct result of a seizure. The case and its legal management are discussed.
Carpenter
P K
PK
Farleigh Hospital, Bristol.
King
A L
AL
D000328:Adult; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005391:Firesetting Behavior / Q000209:etiology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*
D002220:Carbamazepine