STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURE FOR THE REGI STRATION AND COMPUTER-SUPPORTED EVALUATION OF PHARMACO EEG DATA

The working team ''EEG in Phase I'' of the Collegium Internationale Ps ychiatriae Scalarum presents a standard operating procedure (SOP) for the registration and computer-supported evaluation of pharmaco-EEG dat a, which is based on published guidelines. The minimum standard for re cording, amplifying and filtering, validation of hardware and software , artifact treatment and Fast-Fourier-Analysisis described in a tabula ted form. The SOP can be basis for the working out of laboratory-speci fic SOPs, which are required by the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Guide lines for the performance of clinical studies. Compliance with the SOP guarantees the possibility of citation by IPEG (International Pharmac o EEG-Group), AMDP (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mr Methodik und Dokumentation in der Psychiatrie) and CIPS (Collegium Internationale Psychiatriae Sc alarum). Furthermore, an optimal standard is recommended, which functi ons as a guideline.