This book provides a concise overview of the possible clinical applications of standard EEG in clinical psychiatry. After a short history, the book describes the physiologic basis of the EEG signal, then reviews the principles of EEG in terms of technical backgrounds and requirements, EEG recording and signal analysis, with plentiful illustrations of the most frequent biological or technical artefacts. Normal EEG patterns and waveforms for easy reference are clearly presented, before the detailed description of abnormal patterns. With the basic information in hand, the reader progresses to an account of the role of EEG in the diagnostic work up in psychiatry, covering nonconvulsive status epilepticus, frontal lobe seizures and non-epileptic seizures. The clinical application of EEG in both childhood and adult disorders follows, including many case vignettes. The effects of psychotropic drugs on EEG are highlighted. The book closes with a discussion of currently available certification venues for Clinical Neurophysiology along with limitations of each venue. It calls for the development of training guidelines and certification processes specific to Psychiatric Electrophysiology. The material is clearly presented throughout, with plenty of figures, tables with summaries of relevant findings, flow diagrams for diagnostic work-up, boxes with learning points, and short lists of key references. We fully expect the book will become the standard teaching source for psychiatry residents and fellows, as well as a useful resource for practising psychiatrists and clinical psychologists. Praise for the book: "e;This distinguished group of editors has put together chapters that represent an excellent practical handbook on electroencephalography in clinical psychiatry, now a very important topic. I highly recommend it not only to psychiatrists, but also to anyone interested in neuroscience."e; John R. Hughes, DM (Oxon), MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology, University of Illinois Medical Center, at Chicago, Illinois, USA

This book provides a concise overview of the possible clinicalapplications of standard EEG in clinical psychiatry. After a shorthistory, the book describes the physiologic basis of the EEGsignal, then reviews the principles of EEG in terms of technicalbackgrounds and requirements, EEG recording and signal analysiswith plentiful illustrations of the most frequent biological ortechnical artefacts. Normal EEG patterns and waveforms for easyreference are clearly presented, before the detailed description ofabnormal patterns.With the basic information in hand, the reader progresses to anaccount of the role of EEG in the diagnostic work up in psychiatrycovering nonconvulsive status epilepticus, frontal lobe seizuresand non-epileptic seizures. The clinical application of EEG in bothchildhood and adult disorders follows, including many casevignettes. The effects of psychotropic drugs on EEG arehighlighted.The book closes with a discussion of currently availablecertification venues for Clinical Neurophysiology along withlimitations of each venue. It calls for the development of trainingguidelines and certification processes specific to PsychiatricElectrophysiology.The material is clearly presented throughout, with plenty offigures, tables with summaries of relevant findings, flow diagramsfor diagnostic work-up, boxes with learning points, and short listsof key references.We fully expect the book will become the standard teachingsource for psychiatry residents and fellows, as well as a usefulresource for practising psychiatrists and clinicalpsychologists.Praise for the book:"This distinguished group of editors has put together chaptersthat represent an excellent practical handbook onelectroencephalography in clinical psychiatry, now a very importanttopic. I highly recommend it not only to psychiatrists, but also toanyone interested in neuroscience."John R. Hughes, DM (Oxon), MD, PhD, Professor of NeurologyUniversity of Illinois Medical Center, at Chicago, IllinoisUSA

List of Contributors.Preface.1 Historical Review of Electroencephalography inPsychiatry (Nash Boutros).Introduction.The early pre-clinical era.Early history of human electroencephalography.Electroencephalography in psychiatry today.References.2 Physiologic Basis of the EEG Signal (Paola Bucci andSilvana Galderisi).Membrane potentials.Excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials.Nonsynaptic intercellular events contributing to the EEGsignal.Factors determining polarity and other characteristics of thesurface EEG waveforms.Brain structures involved in the genesis of EEG rhythms.References.3 EEG Recording and Analysis (OliverPogarell).Techniques and technical background.References.4 Normal EEG Patterns and Waveforms (Paola BucciArmida Mucci and Silvana Galderisi).Introduction.Normal EEG patterns in the waking adult.References.5 Abnormal Patterns (Oliver Pogarell).Introduction.Detection of artefacts.Abnormal patterns.Focal alterations.References.6 The Role of EEG in the Diagnostic Work Up in Psychiatry:Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus, Frontal Lobe SeizuresNon-Epileptic Seizures (Silvana Riggio).Nonconvulsive status.Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.Frontal lobe seizures.References.7 EEG in Childhood Psychiatric Disorders (Mary W.Roberts and Nash Boutros).Introduction.Attention deficit disorder.Autistic spectrum disorders.References.8 EEG in Psychoses, Mood Disorders and Catatonia (NashBoutros, Silvana Galderisi, Oliver Pogarell and FelixSegmiller).Introduction.EEG in psychoses.EEG in mood disorders.EEG findings in catatonia.References.9 Standard EEG in Personality and Anxiety Disorders(Nash Boutros).Introduction.EEG in aggression and impulse dyscontrol.Panic attacks.Borderline personality disorder.References.10 EEG in Delirium and Dementia (Sophia Wang andSilvana Riggio).Introduction: Epidemiology of delirium and dementia.Clinical diagnosis in delirium.EEG work up in delirium.Metabolic causes of delirium.Infectious causes of delirium.Clinical diagnosis and EEG work up in dementia.Conclusion.References.11 Effects of Psychotropic Drugs on EEG (SilvanaGalderisi and Armida Mucci).Introduction.The role of EEG assessment of drug-induced CNS toxicity inpsychiatric patients.Antipsychotic drugs.Lithium.Other mood stabilisers.Anxiolytics.Antidepressants.Recreational drugs.Case vignette.References.12 Certification and Training in EEG and ClinicalNeurophysiology (Nash Boutros and SilvanaGalderisi).Clinical neurophysiology board certification.Index.