RECOGNITION OF COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES IN A SIMULATED CASE REPORT OF AN EPILEPTIC PSYCHOTIC BY RECENTLY TRAINED PSYCHIATRISTS, NEUROLOGISTS, AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGISTS.
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Title
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RECOGNITION OF COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES IN A SIMULATED CASE REPORT OF AN EPILEPTIC PSYCHOTIC BY RECENTLY TRAINED PSYCHIATRISTS, NEUROLOGISTS, AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGISTS.
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Identifier
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AAI8401910
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identifier
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8401910
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Creator
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SIEGAL, ANDREW WAYNE.
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Contributor
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Louis J. Gerstman
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Date
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1983
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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Many writers representing the fields of neurology, psychiatry, and neuropsychology have noted the need for clinicians to be able to recognize the signs, symptoms, and antecedents of complex partial seizures (CPS) if incorrect functional diagnoses are to be avoided. The present study investigated the efficacy with which members of the three aforementioned disciplines recognized CPS in a psychotic patient on the basis of the same set of historical and clinical information. Seventeen neurologists, 17 psychiatrists, and 16 neuropsychologists were presented with two written, simulated case reports. One presented the case of a patient with a schizophrenia-like psychosis associated with CPS; the second case depicted paranoid schizophrenia of functional etiology. The neuropsychologists recognized CPS, when present, significantly more frequently than either of the two medically trained disciplines, both of whom showed a set toward functional diagnoses. The neuropsychologists assigned incorrect functional diagnoses to the paranoid schizophrenic more often than did either the neurologists or psychiatrists.;Differential use of various classes of information, e.g., medical history, examination of cognitive functions, was noted to exist between the three professions. Item analyses, similarly identified profession specific cues which were utilized in the recognition of CPS. Implications for clinical practice and training for each discipline were discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
