title: The role of quantitative electroencephalography in child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.
abstract: This article presents a critical review of quantitative electroencephalographic (qEEG) research and issues relevant to its clinical application. Included is a summary of methodologic issues necessary for a reliable implementation of qEEG within clinical settings and a brief discussion of controversial issues surrounding this implementation. The main body of the article includes a summary of qEEG findings that involves adults with various neurologic and psychiatric disorders, which is followed by an in-depth presentation of qEEG research that involves children and adolescents with neurologic and psychiatric disorders. A concluding section presents a qEEG-based neurophysiologic model of attention deficit disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Brain Research Laboratories, New York University School of Medicine, 462 First Avenue, OBV-Room 884, New York, NY 10016, USA. Robert.chabot@med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Chabot
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: di Michele
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prichep
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity