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The Apallic Syndrome

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  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. G. Peters

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, München 40, Germany

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  2. G. Dalle Ore

    1. Università di Neurochirurgia di Padova, Verona, Italy

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  3. F. Grerstenbrand

    1. Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Innsbruck, Austria

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  4. C. H. Lücking

    1. Neurologische Klinik, Technischen Universität, München 80, Germany

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  5. U. H. Peters

    1. Neuropsychiatrische Klinik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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Part of the book series: Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Psychiatrie (PSYCHIATRIE, volume 14)

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Das apallische Syndrom

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Das apallische Syndrom

      • E. Kretschmer
      Pages 2-5

  3. Clinical Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Clinical Picture and Problems in Terminology

      • U. H. Peters, F. Gerstenbrand
      Pages 8-13

    3. The Symptomatology of the Apallic Syndrome

      • F. Gerstenbrand
      Pages 14-21

    4. The Transition Stage from Midbrain Syndrome to Traumatic Apallic Syndrome

      • H. J. Avenarius, F. Gerstenbrand
      Pages 22-25

    5. Surgery of Traumatic Apallic Syndrome

      • G. Dalle Ore
      Pages 26-28

    6. The Apallic Syndrome in Metabolic Disorders of the Brain

      • F. Gerstenbrand, H. J. Avenarius, H. P. Preissler
      Pages 29-36

    7. Apallic Syndrome Following Protracted Hypoglycemia

      • G. P. Liebaldt, I. Schleip
      Pages 37-43

    8. Apallic Syndrome in the Metabolic Diseases

      • L. Infuso
      Pages 44-45

    9. Apallic Syndrome Due to Pharmacotoxic Effects

      • S. Kanowski
      Pages 46-49

    10. Courses of Protracted States of Coma

      • H. H. Wieck, R. Rettelbach, B. Heerklotz, K. A. Flügel
      Pages 50-56

    11. Apallic Syndrome in Diseases of the Cerebral White Matter

      • H. J. Lehmann
      Pages 57-58

    12. Psychopathology of the Apallic Syndrome

      • U. H. Peters
      Pages 59-68

    13. On the Psychopathology of Postapallic Terminal States

      • U. Boeters
      Pages 69-75
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The subject of the apallic syndrome is one which has long been familiar to me, although I have not personally studied it as deeply as I would have wished. I became acquainted with this syndrome long before the last war, when my neurosurgical colleague Hugh Cairns (1952), made his pioneer contribution under the term "akinetic mutism" . This was an ar­ resting title, but it was one which did not altogether satisfy some of his colleagues, includ­ ing myself. We found it difficult to suggest an alternative. That is one reason why I wel­ come the expression "apallic syndrome" . Forensic practice has forced me from time to time to consider rather more deeply this distressing syndrome, and to try and marshal my ideas in a form which would satisfy my colleagues in the legal profession. More than once I have been instructed to make a medico­ legal assessment of these unfortunate patients. The points which have concerned my lawyer friends have not been matters of diagnosis, or of morbid anatomy, or of etiology. The fac­ tual problem which has been put before me was to make some approximate assessment as to the expectation of life. Vague guess-work is unacceptable in such circumstances. What the lawyers require is a precise and dogmatic answer.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, München 40, Germany

    G. Peters

  • Università di Neurochirurgia di Padova, Verona, Italy

    G. Dalle Ore

  • Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Innsbruck, Austria

    F. Grerstenbrand

  • Neurologische Klinik, Technischen Universität, München 80, Germany

    C. H. Lücking

  • Neuropsychiatrische Klinik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    U. H. Peters

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