Patent ID: 8239013

Claim:
A method, for electroencephalographic prediction of medication response comprising: a) providing: i) a patient located at a recording site, wherein said patient has been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder; ii) a digital EEG file comprising electroencephalographic (EEG) data recorded from said patient; iii) a recording site computer system capable of transmitting said digital EEG file, iv) a receiving site computer system capable of receiving and processing said digital EEG file; and v) a first database comprising a plurality of multivariate EEG features classified within a plurality of age subsets of non-symptomatic reference individuals; vi) a second database comprising a plurality of multivariate EEG features associated with a plurality of various known medication classes and combinations of medications and a plurality of pharmacotherapeutic outcomes; b) transmitting said digital EEG file from said recording site computer system to said receiving site computer system; c) receiving and processing said digital EEG file with said receiving site computer system and said first database, wherein said processing generates a plurality of patient multivariate EEG features and a pattern of deviations between said plurality of patient multivariate EEG features and said first database, wherein said patient multivariate EEG features are extracted from at least one quantitative spectral analysis feature; d) comparing said pattern of deviations with said plurality of multivariate EEG features of said second database; and e) predicting a favorable clinical response of said patient to at least one of said plurality of various known medication classes and combinations of medications based upon said comparison.