title: The EEG in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: Of 12 patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, one third had EEG abnormalities over the temporal lobes. Each of these patients was given a trial of anti-seizure medication; only 1 improved.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants