EEG and Evoked Potentials in Psychiatry and Behavioral by John R. Hughes

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In this situation other possible causes of organic dementia must be thoroughly 46 EEG and Evoked Potentials evaluated before concluding that the organic state is an end product of affective illness. EEG CORRELATES IN AFFECTIVE DISORDERS In addition to these complex associations between affective and organic diseases, there is an increased incidence of EEG abnormalities in patients with affective disorders compared to age-matched normal controls. Assael and Winnik (1970) reported a 19% incidence of EEG deviations in patients with affective psychosis compared with 12% in normal subjects, and more abnormalities in women than in men.

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Müller et al (1975) showed that EEG slowing in elderly people with heterogeneous psychiatric disorders was associated with shorter life span. Thus both EEG and brain imagery studies may be useful in identifying subtypes of affective disorder that have a neurological component. In this situation other possible causes of organic dementia must be thoroughly 46 EEG and Evoked Potentials evaluated before concluding that the organic state is an end product of affective illness. EEG CORRELATES IN AFFECTIVE DISORDERS In addition to these complex associations between affective and organic diseases, there is an increased incidence of EEG abnormalities in patients with affective disorders compared to age-matched normal controls.

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