| Literature DB >> 24275845 |
John F Thornton, Howard Schneider, Mary K McLean, Muriel J van Lierop, Robert Tarzwell.
Abstract
Brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans indirectly show functional activity via measurement of regional cerebral blood flow. Thirty patients at a community-based psychiatric clinic underwent brain SPECT scans. Changes in scoring of before-treatment and after-treatment scans correlated well with changes in patient Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores before treatment and after treatment. Patients were retrospectively matched with controls with similar diagnoses and pretreatment GAF scores, and those who underwent SPECT-guided treatment improved significantly more than the control patients.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24275845 DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12100238
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci ISSN: 0895-0172 Impact factor: 2.198