This volume is designed to serve as a reference source containing both historical and recent references with a special focus on the existing gaps of knowledge regarding EEG deviations in psychiatric populations. Every chapter begins by outlining the clinical issues, then reviews available literature and concludes by highlighting a) currently supportable findings, and b) open research questions. In some chapters the author makes suggestions regarding the research design that will most likely lead to generating data that can move the field towards resolving unresolved issues.
Author(s): Nash N. Boutros (auth.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 227
Tags: Neurosciences; Psychiatry; Neurology
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Philosophical Differences in Standard EEG Interpretation Between Neurology and Psychiatry: A Historical Perspective....Pages 3-14
What Constitutes a Normal EEG....Pages 15-20
Special Electrodes....Pages 21-25
Effects of Psychotropic Drugs on the EEG....Pages 27-33
The Special Case of Clozapine....Pages 35-43
Slowing of the EEG in Psychiatric Patients....Pages 45-49
Isolated Epileptiform Discharges in Nonepileptic Psychiatric Patients....Pages 51-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Panic Attacks and Other Dissociative Disorders....Pages 67-81
Violence Aggression and Impulse Dyscontrol....Pages 83-94
Borderline Personality Disorder....Pages 95-104
Psychotic and Affective Disorders....Pages 105-112
EEG Role in Psychiatric Emergencies....Pages 113-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities....Pages 127-134
Autistic Spectrum Disorders....Pages 135-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Introduction to Controversial Sharp Waves or Spike Patterns....Pages 151-157
Psychiatric Correlates of the B-Mitten EEG Pattern....Pages 159-170
Small Sharp Spikes....Pages 171-185
Six/Second Spike and Wave Complexes, the Rhythmic Mid-Temporal Discharges and the Wicket Spikes....Pages 187-200
The 6–7 and 14 Positive Spikes....Pages 201-223
Some Final Thoughts for Clinical Researchers....Pages 225-227
