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EVALUATION OF THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS
P. A. DAVIS
Am J Psychiatry 1940;96:851-860.
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The Department of Physiology, Harward Medical School, Boston, Mass., and Mc Lean Hospital, Waverly, Mass.
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A study of 132 schizophrenic patients at Metropolitan State Hospital and McLean Hospital is in progress.The EEG's of these schizophrenics fall into three groups:Group I: Essentially normal.Group II: Dysrhythmic type, which is indistinguishable fromEEG's of individuals known to have convulsive disorders.Group III: "Choppy" type, which suggests the possibility of a pathological condition in the brain.Patients in Group II frequently present in their histories the same syndrome as found in epileptics. These patients are either diagnosed as "catatonic schizophrenia" or give a history on the hospital ward of catatonic stupors and excitements.Abstract Teaser
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