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The Monroe Dyscontrol Scale (MDS) arose from work that recognized certain symptoms in people who had impulsive aggression, the so-called \u2018episodic dyscontrol syndrome\u2019. This study uses the MDS in two groups of people who were referred to a forensic psychiatry service. One was a group of \u2018mentally disordered\u2019 in-patients, and the other comprised consecutive referrals to the service. The groups were compared and certain features noted. The most interesting feature was that a family history of epilipsy was common, and associated with high scores on the MDS. 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