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NEUROLEPTICS AND EPILEPSY IN MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PATIENTS
Author(s) -
James D. H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1986.tb01311.x
Subject(s) - citation , psychiatry , psychology , mental handicap , medicine , library science , computer science
A retrospective investigation of mentally handicapped inpatients showed that neuroleptic treatment did not precipitate fits in patients without a past history of convulsions when low to moderate dosages were used. However, neuroleptic treatment did increase the number of fits in certain patients with a history of epilepsy who were receiving inadequate anticonvulsant medication or whose fits were poorly controlled despite adequate anticonvulsant levels. Guidelines for clinical practice drawn from these findings are presented.