Effects of un-neurotic psychotherapy sessions in electroencephalographic synchrony

Effects of  un-neurotic psychotherapy sessions in electroencephalographic synchrony



A therapeutic approach has recently appeared in monographic literature. This approach reveals characteristics which are presently being evaluated and offers the possibility for successful results and expanding interests in the various epistemological aspects.

This intervention is based upon a theoretical framework which requires an in-depth study capable of explaining the obtained results. For this reason it is necessary to study the above indicated subject.  This study considers the value of synchrony between the different couples of electrodes following the sittings carried out in conformity with the course model in question.

Twenty normally intelligent people, affected by psychopathological disturbances of a neurotic nature but without being subjected to any pharmacological therapy, participate in the experimentation.

This group is composed of 10 females and 10 males between the ages of 20 and 50. Between the fifth and the fifteenth sitting of the psychotherapeutic treatments, registrations were carried out on each patient for three consecutive sessions. Before each session a registration of 240 seconds with eyes opened and 240 seconds with eyes closed was performed followed by another using the same modality. The data relevant to the average values of sinchrony in the various couples of electrodes in the pre and post sittings by means of the "t" test, were successively compared in the sample. This test evaluated a statistically significant difference in the sample between the two moments of therapeutical activity and verified the reduction in the values of synchrony before and after the sitting.

The decrease in the registered values is noticeable in many couples of electrodes. These values present extremely interesting images of individual activity which correlate with the results registered during the clinical session. In connection with this, the major differences are singled out and the values and relevant statistics are indicated. The particular characteristics of the study render necessary a qualitative analysis which permits one to isolate the variables in question in the execution of the above activity. Moreover it marks the various aspects which led to the final results of the clinical evaluation. The unequivocalness of the data allows us to understand the elements which provocate the various results obtained.