[The syndromal characteristics of the interparoxysmal mental disorders in epilepsy patients who have committed illegal acts].

A clinical and psychopathological investigation was carried out in 688 epilepsy patients who had committed in the interparoxysmal period illegal actions. It has been ascertained that criminal actions were committed by the above patients in the presence of the following syndromes: cerebroasthenic emotional lability, psychopathy-like, epileptic, organic, mixed type personality changes, and mental deficiency. Delinquencies were noted to be committed by predominantly mentally deficient patients and by those in the stages of psychopathy-like and epileptic type personality changes.