EEG & ADHD ( 8)

Two leading neurologists came to the following conclusion after an intensive review of available research using the EEG and the QEEG (Quantitative Electroencephalograph)

A large percentage of children with attention deficit problems ( more than 90%) show signs of cortical dysfunction, the majority displaying frontal theta or alpha excess, hypercoherence and a high incidence of abnormal interhemispheric asymmetry. Using QEEG measures, it is possible to discriminate replicably ADD/ADHD versus normal children, with a specificity of 88% and a sensitivity of 94%”

Hughes & John,1999, Journal of Neuropsychiatry, Review literature of EEG/QEEG studies in several broad psychiatric categories.