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Electroencephalographic Findings in Treatment-Seeking Homosexuals Compared with Heterosexuals: a Controlled Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. Papatheophilou ,
Sheelah James  and
A. Orwin
R. Papatheophilou
Affiliation:
John Conolly Hospital, Bristol Road South, Rednal, Birmingham B45 9BD
Sheelah James
Affiliation:
Regional Behaviour Research Unit, Hollymoor Clinic, Hollymoor Hospital, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 5EX and Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham
A. Orwin
Affiliation:
Regional Behaviour Research Unit, Hollymoor Clinic, Hollymoor Hospital, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 5EX and Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham
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During the course of research into the reorientating of homosexuals routine EEGs were taken to identify patients with low convulsive threshold to exclude them from treatment (aversion). In an initial series of 28 homosexuals 4 showed EEG abnormalities related to organic conditions, but EEGs of the otherwise apparently normal treatment seeking homosexuals showed more marked overbreathing response than would have been expected by chance.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 127 , Issue 1 , July 1975 , pp. 63 - 66
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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