Author:
Boutros Nashaat N.,Jacobson Sandra A.,Campbell Duane
Abstract
AbstractThis paper outlines potential research applications of the unquantified (paper or digital) electroencephalography (EEG) in psychiatry. Three main areas are highlighted: first, the need for thorough familiarity with the unquantified EEG is emphasized, including the ability to confidently recognize all normal and abnormal activities that could influence further analysis of the record as well as artifacts that can contaminate the tracings; second, the fact that definitive studies relating EEG abnormalities to psychiatric symptomatology and clinical response are lacking; and third, the potential for EEG to be utilized as a tool to decrease the risk of invasive research studies is discussed.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Clinical Neurology
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