DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN FUNCTION BETWEEN RELAPSING AND ABSTAINING ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT PATIENTS, EVALUATED BY EEG MAPPING

Abstract

EEG maps of alcohol-dependent patients differ significantly from those of normal controls and patients suffering from other mental disorders and thus EEG mapping may be used for diagnostic purposes. Moreover, the quantitative EEG may also be of prognostic value as relapsing patients differ from abstaining ones, since they show a significantly more pronounced hyperarousal of the CNS.