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GARY J. TUCKER, MD; THOMAS DETRE, MD; MARTIN HARROW, PhD; GILBERT H. GLASER, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1965;12(3):278-286.

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THE COMPLEXITY of human behavior has engendered a persistent search for simple reproducible criteria of psychiatric diagnosis. Attempts to describe and utilize somatic variables have been legion. In this respect, interest in the electroencephalogram as a psychiatric investigative technique has fluctuated since its inception in 1929. Two comprehensive symposia in the past year^15,23 have highlighted not only the progress in this field, but also the complexities and limitations of behavioral correlation with EEG patterns.

Clinically, most attempts to correlate the EEG with behavior have been based on surveys of populations with known behavior disturbances. The absolute percentages vary, but children with behavior disorders,^24,27 adult psychopaths,^11,18,20,28 and schizophrenics, particularly catatonics,^2,22,25,30 have high rates of EEG abnormality. In most of these studies primary reliance on diagnosis raises serious difficulties. The variability, ambiguity, and lack of specificity of the psychiatric nosology has become more apparent when correlation with specifics such as psychopharmacological agents . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW HAVEN, CONN

Department of Psychiatry and Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry (Dr. Tucker); Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry (Dr. Detre); Assistant Professor Psychology (Psychiatry) (Dr. Harrow); and Professor, Department Internal Medicine, Section of Neurology (Dr. Glaser.)

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Oct 13, 1964.

Reprint requests to US Naval Aviation Medical Center-54, Pensacola, Fla 32507 (Dr. Tucker).

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