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SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2022

Isolated epileptiform activity in children and adolescents: prevalence, relevance, and implications for treatment.

Ronald J Swatzyna, Martijn Arns, Jay D Tarnow, Robert P Turner, Emma Barr, Erin K MacInerney, Anne M Hoffman, Nash N Boutros

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Synthesis in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ronald J SwatzynaHouston Neuroscience Brain Center, Houston, TX, USA. drron@eeganalysis.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9444-9532
Martijn ArnsDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jay D TarnowThe Tarnow Center for Self-Management, Houston, USA.
Robert P TurnerNetwork Neurology Health, Charleston, SC, USA.
Emma BarrHouston Neuroscience Brain Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Erin K MacInerneyHouston Neuroscience Brain Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Anne M HoffmanHouston Neuroscience Brain Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Nash N BoutrosSchool of Medicine, RUSH University, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Columbia College - South Carolina · USEotron (United States) · USRush University · USUtrecht University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the field of psychiatry diagnoses are primarily based on the report of symptoms from either the patient, parents, or both, and a psychiatrist's observations. A psychiatric diagnosis is currently the most widely used basis for medication selection and the brain is seldom investigated directly as a source of those symptoms. This study addresses the request from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research Domain Criteria Project (RDoC) for scientific research into neurological abnormalities that can be linked to psychiatric symptoms for the purpose of predicting medication response. One such neurological abnormality that has been the focus of many studies over the last three decades is isolated epileptiform discharges (IEDs) in children and adolescents without seizures. We conducted a systematic review of the literature to determine prevalence rates of IEDs within diagnostic categories. We then compared the prevalence of IEDs in the selected literature to our IRB-approved data archive. Our study found a consistent high prevalence of IEDs specifically for ADHD (majority > 25%) and ASD (majority > 59%), and consistent low prevalence rates were found for Depression (3%). If children and adolescents have failed multiple medication attempts, and more than one-third of them have IEDs, then an EEG would be justified within the RDoC paradigm.

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Attention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAdolescentChildElectroencephalographyHumansPrevalenceSeizuresAdolescentsAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderAutism spectrum disorderChildrenEEGIsolated epileptiform dischargesPrevalencePsychiatric symptomsRdoC

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PMID32666203
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