TY  - JOUR
T1  - ELectroencephalographic similarities between chronic alcoholics and chronic, nonparanoid schizophrenics
AU  - Coger RW, Dymond AM, Serafetinides EA
Y1  - 1979/01/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780010097011
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 91
EP  - 94
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
N2  - • We compared the EEG power spectral density patterns for chronic, nonparanoid schizophrenics and age-matched chronic alcoholic and control subjects. Bilateral precentral (F-T) and postcentral (C-O) derivations were used in the analysis. The nonparanoid schizophrenics and alcoholics showed increased low-frequency activity (O to 6 Hz) in all derivations in comparison to the control subjects. Chronic alcoholics were found to have increased high-frequency activity primarily in the precentral derivations. Nonparanoid schizophrenics showed increased power in the high-frequency bands predominantly in the left precentral derivation. We discuss the implications of patterns of differences concerning the issue of nonspecificity of the EEG in psychiatry.
SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780010097011
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780010097011
ER  -