ôbjectives: diagnosis of the psychiatric diseases is a bit challenging at the first interview due to this fact that qualitative criteria are not as accurate as quantitative ones. here, the objective is to classify schizophrenic patients from the healthy subject using a quantitative index elicited from their electroencephalogram (ëëg) signals. methods: ten right handed male patients with schizop...

kleine-levin syndrome (kls) is a rare syndrome characterized by periodic hypersomnia, hyperphagia, behavioral disturbances, and in some instances hypersexuality. this report depicts a17-year-old boy with kls. he has experienced long periods of hypersomnia, sometimes up to 40 days. during these periods he was impatient, aggressive, depersonalized, suffering from hyperphagia, and amnesia. he did ...