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.

Volume 26
Issue 1

Winter 2014
Pages 51-56

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The authors thank Dr. Lisa Ehrlich for her assistance in making this study possible.

This work was approved by Canadian SHIELD Ethics Review Board #12-08-001.

No conflicts of interest disclosed by any author.

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History

Received 4 October 2012

Revised 20 January 2013

Accepted 25 January 2013

Published online 1 January 2014

Published in print 1 January 2014

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Improved Outcomes Using Brain SPECT-Guided Treatment Versus Treatment-as-Usual in Community Psychiatric Outpatients: A Retrospective Case-Control Study

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