Serial Studies of the Intelligence of Patients With Epilepsy

Fetterman, Joseph L.; Barnes, Margaret R.

doi:10.1001/archneurpsyc.1934.02250100119009

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“…Richmond (146) found both slight and great deterioration, as exhibited by the mental age, in a small group of epileptic patients. Fetterman and Barnes (53) obtained an average I.Q. of 74 for a group of 105 chronic epileptics tested with the Stanford-Binet.…”

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Psychological experiments with disordered persons.

Hunt¹

1936

Psychological Bulletin

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In a recent examination of the status of the psychology of the abnormal, W. A. Hunt and C. Landis have pointed out that one of the glaring deficiencies in the textbooks of this subject and of psychiatry is the omission of the available experimental results. 1 In view of the possibility that this omission may be partially due to the fact that these results have never been collected and made available in one place, we have undertaken this review. 2 While there is no logical excuse to divide the experimental work in this field on lines of language, the volume of the material and the fact that only the English titles have been examined in any degree of comprehensiveness by the writer at the present has led to this kind of presentation. Thus, although incomplete, this review is a beginning of a collection of the available experimental knowledge of psychotic patients, and the

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Psychological experiments with disordered persons.

Hunt¹

1936

Psychological Bulletin

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“…Kathcr they eniphasiLe great variability, the maintenance of a stable level or increase in scores almost as likely to occur as decreases. T h e studies of Patterson and Fonner (30) and of Fetterman and Barnes (14) are of particular value in demonstrating this variability. In the latter study only two of ihe 23 cu bjects demonstrated consistent downward shifts on a series of three retests.…”

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Psychological Testing in Epilepsy

Folsom

1937

Epilepsia

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Summary I. This review indicates that: a. There is no cognitive deficit which is characteristic of all epileptics, i.e., of seizures. b. There is no clear–cut evidence of an impairment which differentiates deterioration in epilepsy from deterioration in other disorders. c. The correlation of focal cerebral dysfunction with specific seizure phenomena is becoming the basis of clinical diagnosis in the epilepsies. Investigations of psychological deficit in relation to these variables suggest that different kinds of deficit may be associated with specific foci of cerebral dysfunction in epileptics. d. Further investigation is needed to establish whether these deficits are related to deterioration in epilepsy. 2. It is recommended that: a. Epileptics be subdivided on the basis of cerebral dysfunction and seizure phenomena. b. Since all clinicians do not use the same criteria in differentiating between idiopathic and symptomatic epilepsy, the investigator of cognitive functioning, instead of accepting these labels at face value, should investigate what the criteria are and specify them in describing his groups. c. A test, or battery of tests, covering a range of intellectual processes, including memory, should be used in order to evaluate patterns of cognitive deficit. d. Control groups should be more extensively used in order to establish diagnostic value for an observed deficit. e. Epileptic groups, defined as in a and b, when followed over a period of time, may contribute to our knowledge of deterioration in epilepsy. f. Only by investigating cognitive deficits along with other areas of functioning– personality, and general social efficiency – can we arrive at an overall concept of the consequences of the epilepsies.

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“…DISTRIBUTION OF IQ'S OF 66 EPILEPTICS DIAGNOSED AS IDIOPATHIC AT DIXON STATE HOSPITALThe mean IQ of 75 for the Dixon group is not especially low as compared with the same sized groups of epileptics in hospitals and dispensaries. Collier's (5) group of 63 epileptics had a mean IQ of 83; Dawson and Conn's (4) epileptic children, a mean IQ of 82 (later, on retest, found to be highly deteriorated); Fetterman and Barnes(1) 46 patients, a mean IQ of 74; and Collins, Atwell, and Moore's (6) group 'of 229 consisting of both extramural and institutional adult epileptics, a median of 78, and a range from 26 to 130. Sullivan and Gahagan's (2) "non-deteriorating" group of 103 epileptics at the Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, with a mean IQ of 88, shows probably the largest discrepancy in mean IQ between our institutionalized group and a non-institutionalized group.Degree of feeblemindedness in the group with reference to C. A.…”

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A study of the intelligence of institutionalized epileptics of the idiopathic type.

Hilkevitch¹

1946

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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I N 'rHE past, mental deterioration was considered inevitable in the lifehistory of the epileptic, with possibly a few exceptions in which the epilepsy was naively regarded as part and parcel of genius, since it appeared in individuals with marked creative talents; viz., Caesar, Flaubert, Dostoevsky.Present day studies show differences of opinion with regard to the inevitability of deterioration. Fetterman and Barnes, (1) for example, found no decided trend toward deterioration for 46 hospital dispensary patients, nor any direct connection between intelligence quotient and the nature of the attack or duration of the disease. Sullivan and Gahagan (2) found much variability and less deterioration than most writers on the subject. Patterson and Fonner (3) found much variation and deterioration, and a great proportion of patients were classifiable as feebleminded among their institutionalized epileptic children. The deterioration, however, was found to be unrelated to frequency and severity of seizures. Dawson and Conn, (4) on the other hand, in a study of epileptic children found definite evidence of deterioration which they' attributed to epilepsy, with no significant relationship between the degree of deterioration and duration, but a significant correlation between decrease in the frequency of attacks and mental progress.The tendency among students of epilepsy at the present time is to differentiate quite sharply between institutionalized and non-institutionalized epileptics. It has been estimated that the former are on the average 10 to 15 points lower in IQ than the latter, and present a more striking picture of mental deterioration. Adequate data to support this contention, however, are absent from the literature.As a segment of a broader study, planned to deal with the social and psychological factors characterizing institutionalized epileptics, this paper raises the following questions. First, do institutionalized epileptics deteriorate, and to what extent, as compared with non-institutionalized epileptics? Second, do any significant relationships suggest themselves between change in intellectual status and the nature of the attacks, especially with regard to severity and frequency?• Read before the Midwestern Psychological Association, May 4,1940, Chicago, Illinois. The writer is indebted to Dr. Andrew W. Brown whose helpful guidance and encouragement made this study possible. The research was carried on through the facilities of the Dixon State Hospital.

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Serial Studies of the Intelligence of Patients With Epilepsy

Cited by 30 publications

References 5 publications

Psychological experiments with disordered persons.

Psychological experiments with disordered persons.

Psychological Testing in Epilepsy

A study of the intelligence of institutionalized epileptics of the idiopathic type.

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