COMPARISON OF QUANTITATIVE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY OF DEPRESSION PATIENTS WITH HEALTHY CONTROLS

Kapil Dev Mathur

Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2016

COMPARISON OF QUANTITATIVE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY OF DEPRESSION PATIENTS WITH HEALTHY CONTROLS

Kapil Dev Mathur

Abstract :

 The neuro–psycho–physiological disease processes of Depression, an Affective Disorder, were selected in the present study to evaluate and explore the axes that the selected psychopathologies modulate and influence clinically. Depression, influence the individual’s cognition, emotions and behavior. The aim of our study is to Compare Absolute Power of qEEG between depression patients and healthy subjects to determine a specific pattern of quantitative EEG for depression which can be useful in early diagnosis and for prognosis. Drug naïve newly diagnosed 31 depression and 32 healthy subjects were gone through 300 seconds eye close supine resting EEG recording over 20 electrodes. Recorded data analyzed by fast Fourier transformation, and then calculated absolute power analyzed by applying unpaired t– test. Depression Patients showed increased alpha and beta activity than healthy subjects. This could be potentially used in early diagnosis and for prognosis of depression.