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Chunk #24 — SUD Prevalence and qEEG Changes — qEEG in Substance Use Disorders — EEG in Marijuana Abuse

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EEG biofeedback as a treatment for substance use disorders: review, rating of efficacy, and recommendations for further research.
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relative power or coherence) of all non-alpha frequency bands was significantly elevated in THC users, although the voltage increase was generalized and not frontally dominant. A third finding involved a widespread decrease in the relative power of delta and beta activity for cannabis users, particularly over the frontal cortical regions. A fourth finding was that interhemispheric coherence of theta and possibly delta activity was also significantly elevated over frontal cortex for marijuana users. Because most studies included daily THC users and non-users drawn from an inpatient psychiatric population, the effects of psychiatric diagnoses or medication were not controlled.