The role of the standard EEG in clinical psychiatry

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 265-271

  O'Sullivan, Sean S ^a   Mullins, G M ^a   Cassidy, E M ^a   McNamara, B ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Defensive medicine; Electroencephalogram; Psychiatry; Schizophrenia; Seizure

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLOZAPINE; DIAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DRUG USE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745889926     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.767     Document Type: Review

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