An epileptic patient with an unusual compulsive behavior was successfully treated by response-contingent aversive stimulation (electric shock) by means of a specially constructed apparatus. (Author)

Questionnaires completed by 34 epilepsy clients of a long-term comprehensive and decentralized neurological center are analyzed, and professional staff time-statistics are considered in terms of staff member-client interaction time. Survey responses are outlined for the following aspects (sample findings in parentheses): the five most important…

Among the findings of a study of elementary students was that Ss with hearing losses exhibited the most positive teacher-perceived behavior, while those on behavior-controlling drugs for hyperactivity had the greatest evidence of school problems. (DLS)

The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities was administered to 22 children (mean age=90 months) with petit mal epilepsy and 28 children (mean age=85 months) evidencing mixed seizures to determine whether any differences would be found when these two groups were compared either with each other or with a randomly selected group of nonepileptic…

A discussion of the incidence of epilepsy is followed by a discussion of etiology including the following causes: genetic and birth factors, infectious diseases, toxic factors, trauma or physical agents, heredofamilial and degenerative disorders, circulatory disturbances, metabolic and nutritional disturbances, and neoplasms. Epileptic seizures…