DEPRESSION, EPISODIC BEHAVIORAL DYSCONTROL, AND POLYDIPSIA FOLLOWING RIGHT TEMPORAL-LOBE DAMAGE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY Rubenstein, J. L., Steiner, H., Walton, C. 1990; 29 (3): 472-474

Abstract

A patient referred to the authors for evaluation and treatment of depression, behavioral dyscontrol syndrome, and polydipsia is described. The authors reviewed his medical status and, finding damage to his right temporal lobe, conceptualized his symptom constellation as representing interictal syndrome and treated him with carbamazepine. His affective symptoms, but not the polydipsia, improved following treatment with carbamazepine.

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