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Somatosensory Cerebral Evoked Responses in Psychotic Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Charles Shagass  and
Marvin Schwartz
Charles Shagass
Affiliation:
College of Medicine and Psychopathic Hospital, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Marvin Schwartz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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In previous studies of somatosensory cerebral evoked responses in psychiatric patients, we found that two characteristics of these responses discriminated between patients with psychotic depressions and healthy or psychoneurotic subjects. The amplitude of the initial negative-positive component was larger and its recovery, as determined by administering paired “conditioning” and “test” stimuli, was retarded (11, 12, 13). Furthermore, after successful therapy, the recovery measure changed in the direction of “normal” (11).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 489 , August 1966 , pp. 799 - 807
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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