Potential risk of Schizophrenia or schizotypical personality

 

qEEG screening

Service code s9014

Please note that screening does NOT result in a medical diagnosis; it gives a probabilistic estimate of risk. In other words, the screening gives information on the presence of a pattern in the qEEG that is often – but not always – found in persons with a history of a particular condition.

Short description

Schizophrenia is a psychiatric condition that describes a mental illness characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality, most commonly manifesting as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions or disorganized speech and thinking in the context of significant social or occupational dysfunction.

Since these symptoms may overlap with many other conditions, qEEG screening may help to objectively assess the brain’s electrical activity typical for schizophrenia or psychosis.

Scientific research(1) demonstrated that qEEG differentiated schizophrenics from the non-clinical comparison group with an accuracy of 77%.

Results

By performing this qEEG screening you will get the information on:

  • whether you have a qEEG pattern typical for schizophrenia and
  • what is a risk of having schizotypical personality.

Notes:

  • The results of qEEG analysis are put in context of published scientific studies, the individual’s health history, complaints, symptoms and psychometric and other evaluations (if available).
  • Present psychotropic medication use may affect the results.

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References

  1. Abrahams R, Taylor MA. Differential EEG patterns in affective disorder and schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1979; 36: 1355–1358.
  2. Winterer G, Ziller M, Dorn H, Frick K, Mulert C, Wuebben Y, Herrmann WM. Frontal dysfunction in schizophrenia – a new electrophysiological classifier for research and clinical applications. Journal European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 2000; 250(4): 207-214.