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The use of electroencephalography in an in-patient mental handicap population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

B.K. Puri ,
S. Tamrazian ,
G. Duffield  and
I. Singh
B.K. Puri
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School St Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RP
S. Tamrazian
Affiliation:
St Mary's Hospital Rotation, London
G. Duffield
Affiliation:
Charing Cross and Westminster Rotation, London
I. Singh
Affiliation:
Leavesden and Hillingdon Hospitals
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The use of electroencephalography over a three year period in a large mental handicap hospital was studied. There were no significant differences in its use according to sex or intelligence. The majority of requests were made following seizures and in the investigation of behavioural abnormality. In over a quarter of cases the EEG requests appeared to be inappropriate. It is suggested that a more cost-effective use would result if EEGs were requested only in those cases in which the result will lead to a change in the management of the patient.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 5 , May 1994 , pp. 277 - 278
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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