However, the causes of negative behavior shown by NEM (for example, brain overexcitation versus cortical ischemia) are quite different, as are subsequent treatment protocols. When prescribing medications for these children, many doctors focus on diagnostic criteria such as negative and antisocial behavior (in accordance with official guidelines).
The approach described in this article is important for children with autism and other developmental disorders. Legitimate therapeutic and pharmacological interventions led to the stabilization and improvement of patients' conditions, up to and including the disappearance of negative behavior.
This can solve fundamentally important problems when diagnosing medical causes of negative behavior in children with developmental disabilities.
Its simplicity and convenience make NEM a tool applicable for examining children with severe and complex negative behavior, which sets it apart from other modern, instrumental brain studies. Computer visualization of these deviations from the norm was helpful in suggesting the presence of gross pathologies in the CNS. NEM evaluates the intensity of the patient's cerebral energy exchange by comparing levels of Direct current potentials (DC-potentials) in various brain areas with reference values. The possibilities and advantages of neuroenergy mapping (NEM) in the diagnosis of pathologies of the central nervous system (CNS) in 78 children with developmental disorders are described.