title: [The clinico-social characteristics of epilepsy patients who have committed illegal acts].
abstract: A total of 869 patients with epilepsy having committed unlawful acts were examined. Several distinguishing features were noted in the above contingent of patients: unfavourable course of the illness, polymorphism of clinical manifestations, low level of social adaptation. Female subjects tended to display more profound psychopathological manifestations and lower level of social adaptation.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Mel'nik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003415:Crime / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011599:Psychopathology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D012961:Sociology; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology