ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF 1,000 SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS

HENRY S. COLONY and STANLEY E. WILLISAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 113, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.2.163

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The literature pertinent to the problem of whether or not schizophrenics are more likely to show "abnormal" or poorly organized records is briefly reviewed.

Data collected from 1,000 schizophrenic patients with an average age of 20.4 years are contrasted with a "control" group consisting of 474 patients without discernible neurological disease, who are nonpsychotic and in a comparable age group. This reveals that 5.0% of the schizophrenic records are "abnormal" by virtue of the presence of significant amounts of slow wave activity; 8.3% of the control group also have such abnormal records.

It is concluded that changes in the EEG can result from emotional perturbation and do not necessarily indicate support for an organic genetically oriented concept of schizophrenia. There appears to be no more significant abnormality in the EEG's of schizophrenics than in those of any other patients with nonorganic disturbance in the brain.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 113 • Number 2 • August 1956

Pages: 163 - 169

PubMed: 13340018

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Published in print: August 1956

Published online: 1 April 2006

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HENRY S. COLONY

Chief of neuropsychiatry, U. S. Naval Hosp., Guam, Marianas.

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STANLEY E. WILLIS

Chief of neuropsychiatry, U. S. Naval Hosp., Guam, Marianas.

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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF 1,000 SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS

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