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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.5.366

Repeated and systematic electroencephalographic examinations in a case of atabrine psychosis showed a marked slowing down and disorganization of the electrical activity of the brain. Clinical improvement was accompanied by a progressive return to normal of the electroencephalographic traces.

In reviewing the pertinent literature the correlation between the clinical and the electroencephalographic findings is discussed.

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