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Primary outcome measures of the study included the 21-item Hamilton Rating for Depression Scale (HDRS) and the Clinical Global Improvement Scale (CGI) and the Clinical Global Severity Scale (SGS). Some of the criteria used to assess improvement in the CGI included: body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, compulsive exercising, binging and purging.

Improvements in both HDRS and CGI scores were evident at 8-weeks, 6-months, and 2 years (for 4 patients). The medications selected from rEEG correlations involved combinations from many different classes of medications. Stimulant medications in four Eating Disorder patients did not result in appetite suppression or weight loss. These results are consistent with recent findings that ADHD can predict eating disorder pathology in adolescent girls.

The full poster presentation and analysis of results are available via http://www.cnsresponse.com/uploads/assets/0000/0066/rEEGEDPosterCNSR2008.pd f

Greenblatt continued, "Specific patient progress during the study demonstrated the ability of rEEG to have a real impact on the lives of those with severe mental conditions. One anorexia nervosa patient had previously received five different medication regimes, none of which provided any improvement. The patient had been hospitalized on five separate occasions during the two years prior to rEEG testing. Based on the rEEG report, we medicated the patient with a combination of Oxcarbazepine and Duloxetine. This treatment combination is outside of the traditional medications we would have considered. In fact, there are no medications that have shown consistent success in treatment of anorexia nervosa. For the 24 months following
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