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Facial Electromyography as a Predictor of Treatment Outcome in Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Robert M. Carney ,
Barry A. Hong ,
Michael F. O'Connell  and
Henry Amado
Robert M. Carney
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine and Jewish Hospital of St Louis, 216 South Kingshighway, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Barry A. Hong
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine and Jewish Hospital of St Louis, 216 South Kingshighway, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Michael F. O'Connell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine and Jewish Hospital of St Louis, 216 South Kingshighway, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Henry Amado
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine and Jewish Hospital of St Louis, 216 South Kingshighway, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Summary

Electromyograms (EMGs) from the corrugator, zygomatic and splenius capitis muscle sites and Beck depression inventory scores were obtained from 21 depressed in-patients shortly after admission and after two weeks in hospital. Contrary to the result of a previous study by other investigators, significant covariation between depressive symptoms and corrugator EMG levels was not seen. However, consistent with a second finding of the previous study, initial corrugator EMG levels were shown to be significantly predictive of treatment outcome. Further, initial EMG from the zygomatic was also found to predict changes in depression. The explanation is unclear and further research is needed.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 138 , Issue 6 , June 1981 , pp. 485 - 489
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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