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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 125, No. 4

Articles | October 01, 1968

Positive Spiking: A Double-Blind Control Study on Its Significance in Behavior Disorders, Both Diagnostically and Therapeutically

CORNELIUS BOELHOUWER; CHARLES E. HENRY; BERNARD C. GLUECK

Am J Psychiatry 1968;125:473-481.

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Director of the EEG laboratory, Institute of Living, 400 Washington St., Hartford, Conn. 06106

Director of the EEG laboratory, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Director of research, Institute of Living

1968-69, American Psychiatric Association

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To examine the diagnostic and therapeutic significance of the EEG pattern called 14 and 6 per second positive spiking, when it occurs in patients with behavior disorders, the authors studied 78 adolescent and young adult inpatients. Although they did find some support for their hypothesis that positive spiking might be regarded as a neurophysiological handicap which varies as a function of the patient's environment, they conclude that further investigation is warranted.

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