Posted by Aurora1 on September 4, 2004, at 20:50:20
In reply to Re: Referenced EEG to guide medication selection, posted by crazychickuk on September 4, 2004, at 19:46:28
> Where did you get this info from? i am interested to know... i know there is a kind of scan called a pet scan that can tell what part of your brain is depressed etc mostly used for severe skitsophrenics.. (sp)
I heard at Monte Nido, a high end eating disorder clinic, they do it on every patient and have great results. I just Googled their webpage, montenido.com, and they advertise it on their home page. I'll just copy it for you here:
"g) An Innovative Approach to Medication Treatment: rEEGMedication treatment can often be a disheartening process for many patients with eating disorders. Often they have been put on a number of different medications but they are still suffering. The problem is that psychiatric treatment is generally a trial-and-error process that is often lengthy, costly, and unsatisfactory in its outcome.
Monte Nido offers a different approach to medication treatment. Our treatment approach is based upon a technology called referenced EEG
(rEEG), which now makes it possible to base treatment on objective, physical measurement of brain activity. Dr. Hamlin Emory, one of the
founders of this technology, has been using rEEG at Monte Nido for a number of years with great success. rEEG characterizes brain electrical
activity along a large number of measures. A patient is then compared to thousands of patients in a large database of medication treatment
and outcomes. Comparing prospective patients to others with similar EEG measurements with known medication treatment outcomes allows one to predict to which medications a prospective patient will respond. Actual physical measurement determines treatment.rEEG has guided the treatment of thousands of patients. In addition, the scientists studying rEEG have demonstrated its effectiveness in blinded and unblinded prospective trials with treatment-refractory patients. In one study, 86% of refractory patients significantly improved with rEEG guided treatment as compared to 17% of patients treated by standard, psychiatric medication practice. In another study of 100 patients, EEG markers correctly predicted treatment outcome 87% of the time.
Monte Nido’s own results with the use of rEEG are equally impressive.
For additional information on the rEEG - please visit www.cnsresponse.com
For more information on this topic please see the section titled, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS)"
I don't have an eating disorder, I have depression--it's an atypical type and I'm not real happy with the medication results. Maybe I'll give them a call and ask where I can get this done in my city. Anyone else heard anything about rEEG?
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