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The Classification of Psychoses by Quantitative EEG Measures

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In a review of EEG abnormalities in mental disorders, Ellingson [1] concluded: “Beyond differentiating the few organic cases which will be found, the EEG is of no value in the differential diagnosis of mental disorders or in personality assessment at the present time...” Reports of a relationship between EEG variables and psychiatric diagnosis or mental state continue to appear, however [2–12]. Ellingson [1] ascribed the major sources of error in earlier studies to such factors as differences in patient populations and difficulties in the classification of subjects by psychopathological criteria alone, variability in the criteria of EEG abnormality, lack of controls, and a lack of statistical evaluation.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry at the Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, University of Missouri School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Max Fink M.D., Turan Itil M.D. & Dean Clyde Ph.D.

  2. Biometric Laboratory, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

    Dean Clyde Ph.D.

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Fink, M., Itil, T., Clyde, D. (1966). The Classification of Psychoses by Quantitative EEG Measures. In: Wortis, J. (eds) Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7313-9_33

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