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Catatonia an Unexpected Side Effect of Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Case Report. [PDF]

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Sheikhmoonesi F   +3 more
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ECT FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA

The Lancet, 1980
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the treatment of schizophrenia was evaluated in a double-blind trial; the clinical change after ECT was compared with that after a treatment procedure identical to it but for two exceptions--no electricity was used and no convulsion was induced.
P, Taylor, J J, Fleminger
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Anaesthesia in ECT

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 1998
In this retrospective study, the effect of ECT treatment of 53 patients who received either propofol or methohexitone for the induction of anaesthesia was reviewed. There was no evidence to suggest that patients who received ECT under propofol required additional ECT applications, despite the fact that the duration of seizure was significantly shorter ...
A, Hussein, E, Salib
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ECT in Poetry

The Journal of ECT, 2002
We sought to identify poems about Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and describe their major themes, with a view to using some of those poems in clinical situations-for persons receiving ECT and their families-as well as for teaching purposes. Several poems were identified, eight almost exclusively about ECT and a number of other works containing ...
Garry, Walter   +2 more
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Hollywood and ECT

International Review of Psychiatry, 2009
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has featured in Hollywood films for sixty years. Film depictions continue to exert a powerful and predominantly negative effect on public attitudes towards the treatment. From review of the 22 currently available films that directly refer to ECT the main themes identified are described.
Andrew, McDonald, Garry, Walter
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ECT in the elderly

New Directions for Mental Health Services, 1997
AbstractAn overview of electroconvulsive therapy is presented, along with some key issues relating to depression in the elderly. The use of electroconvulsive therapy in different elderly populations is discussed, with a review of indications, medical considerations, patient evaluation, cognitive and other side effects, and relapse prevention.
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