Heautoscopy, epilepsy, and suicide.
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & PsychiatryPublished 1 July 1994Open access
Peter Brugger, R. Agosti, Marianne Regard, Heinz Gregor Wieser, Théodor Landis
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A patient with complex partial seizures who tried to commit suicide during the experience of heautoscopy is reported.
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Heautoscopy (the doppelgänger experience), epilepsy, and suicide is a triad primarily known from literary accounts. This paper reports a patient with complex partial seizures who tried to commit suicide during the experience of heautoscopy.
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