STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR THE REGISTRATION AND COMPUTER-SUPPORTED EVALUATION OF PHARMACO-EEG DATA

The working team 'EEG in Phase I' of the Collegium internationale Psyc hiatrae Scalarum presents a standard operating procedure (SOP) for the registration and computer-supported evaluation of pharmaco-EEG data, which is based on published guidelines. The minimum standard for recor ding, amplifying and filtering, validation of hardware and software, a rtifact treatment and fast Fourier analysis is described in a tabulate d form and further explained as accompanying comments. The available S OP can be the basis for the working out of laboratory-specific SOPs. C ompliance with the SOP guarantees the possibility of citation by the I nternational Pharmaco-EEG Group (IPEG), Association for Methodology an d Documentation in Psychiatry (AMDP), and Collegium Internationale Psy chiatriae Scalarum (CIPS). Furthermore, an optimal standard is recomme nded where appropriate, which functions as a guideline.