Neurophysiology in Clinical Practice

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In Clinical Practice, 2016

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The mainstay of treatment for psychological disorders is a combination of psychotropic drugs and psychotherapy. A major effect of the psychotropic medications is modulation of the autonomic nervous system. In a previous publication, the author argued that different approaches and techniques of psychotherapy are equally effective, probably because they have a final common pathway, the autonomic nervous system. Similarly, in this opinion paper, it is proposed that pharmacotherapy (psychotropic medication) and psychotherapy, share the autonomic nervous system as a final common pathway. The psychological disorders, which psychotropic medications and psychotherapy treat, have EEG profiles which are increasingly being clarified. The second proposal in this paper is that like psychotropic medication, psychotherapy also produces changes in the EEG. Possible EEG changes associated with psychotherapy are proposed. The paper ends with the suggestion that the efficacy of both pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy would be enhanced by incorporation of EEG assessments and treatments.

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