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Automatism and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jonathan I. Bisson
Jonathan I. Bisson*
Affiliation:
British Military Hospital, Iserlohn, British Forces Post Office 24
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Abstract

A soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who committed a criminal act during a dissociative episode is described. This report and other published cases indicate that criminal acts can occur during dissociative episodes among people who suffer from PTSD. However, the evidence suggests that such incidents are rare and may be overemphasised. There often seems to be little relationship between the crimes committed by war veterans and their war experiences.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue 6 , December 1993 , pp. 830 - 832
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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