Open AccessEEG Abnormalities and Outcome in First-Episode Psychosis
Author(s) -
Rahul Manchanda,
Ashok Malla,
Rajendra Harricharan,
Leonardo Cortese,
Jatinder Takhar
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the canadian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1497-0015
pISSN - 0706-7437
DOI - 10.1177/070674370304801103
Subject(s) - psychosis , psychiatry , psychology , electroencephalography , epilepsy , medicine
There is widespread consensus that the EEG is not useful for the detection of clinically relevant abnormalities in patients with psychosis. Given that the EEG records brain dysfunction, this study examines whether an abnormal EEG in first-episode psychosis patients is associated with poorer prognosis, compared with a normal EEG.
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