Frontiers in psychiatry
EEG signature in psychiatrist's subjective experience: a pilot study
By Videtta G, Bondi E, Colli C and 9 others.
Abstract
Introduction
The Assessment of Clinician's Subjective Experience (ACSE) is a self-report questionnaire developed to evaluate clinicians' subjective experiences during patient interactions. While its psychometric properties and clinical validity have been supported, its neurobiological correlates have not yet been investigated.
Methods
In this pilot study, two clinicians and ten patients participated in a three-phase protocol comprising: (1) a first clinical interview, (2) ACSE administration, and (3) listening to the audio recording of the first clinical interview. EEG activity was recorded from clinicians during both the first clinical interview and questionnaire administration. Neural data were analyzed in terms of relative power spectral density, node strength, and global efficiency computed from imaginary coherence.