No excess of epilepsy in prisoners
A link between epilepsy and criminality has long been believed to
exist, but the epidemiological evidence for this claim is of uncertain
validity. Fazel and colleagues (p 1495) report a systematic review of
seven surveys based on clinical interviews of 3111 prisoners and
conclude that the prevalence of chronic epilepsy is about 0.7%, which
is no greater than that in the general population of similar age. These
findings should reduce the stigma associated with having epilepsy.
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