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S. Dale Loomis, MD; Philip J. Bohnert, MD; Sheila Huncke, MSW

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1967;17(4):494-497.

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ATTENTION has long been focused on the role of organicity in delinquent behavior, and those electroencephalographic (EEG) abnormalities which are not associated with overt seizure phenomena have been of particular interest. This has been especially true since the description of the 14 and 6/sec positive spike pattern by Gibbs and Gibbs¹ in 1951. The role of such "diencephalic epilepsy" and of other organic factors has remained vague, but it has been assumed that these factors do play a part in the etiology of socially conflicting behavior. Other types of epilepsy have been presumed to influence delinquent behavior, but the extremely high incidence of the 14 and 6/sec pattern makes it of special interest. It has been reported to occur in from 20% to 26% of unselected school populations.² This pattern is best demonstrated by the EEG in the temporal and occipital areas, usually during light sleep, and occurs . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Chicago

From the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 27, 1967.

Read before the 122nd annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Atlantic City, NJ, May 9-13, 1966.

Reprint requests to 700 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611 (Dr. Loomis).

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