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Complex partial epileptic signs as a continuum from normals to epileptics: Normative data and clinical populations
Author(s) -
Persinger Michael A.,
Makarec Katherine
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199301)49:1<33::aid-jclp2270490106>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - psychology , depersonalization , dissociation (chemistry) , complex partial seizures , normative , anxiety , epilepsy , population , temporal lobe , dissociative , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , audiology , medicine , emotional exhaustion , philosophy , chemistry , burnout , environmental health , epistemology
Over a 10‐year period, a total of 447 men and 624 women between 18 and 61 years of age were administered an inventory whose items describe experiences that are similar to those evoked by electrical stimulation of the temporal lobes. Empirically determined factors contained experiences of sensory enhancement, affective‐dissociation, ego alien intrusions, and literary emphasis. Using this population as a reference, T scores for these clusters were calculated for special normal populations (poets, drama students, false pregnancies) and for clinical groups (post‐traumatic stress, anxiety depersonalization, exotic dissociations, and complex partial epilepsy). Whereas only mild elevations (50 < T < 65) in indicators of temporal lobe signs and symptoms were noted in the special groups, moderate (65 < T < 75) and severe (T > 79) elevations were noted in the clinical populations.