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Assessment of Nurses' Role in Caring for Psychiatric Patients Receiving Electro-Convulsive Therapy

Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2007
Psychiatric nurses have an important and active role to play in insuring safety for patients undergoing ECT, (Electric-convulsive treatment) and receive accurate information about the treatment. The role of psychiatric nurses in monitoring and preventing
Mervat H. Shalaby, Zeinab Loutfi, Omayma Othman, Nahed M.A. Morsy   +3 more
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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial on the role of preemptive analgesia with acetaminophen [paracetamol] in reducing headache following electroconvulsive therapy [ECT]

BMC Psychiatry, 2017
Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and efficient treatment for several severe psychiatric disorders, but its use is limited by side effects. Post-ECT headache is one of the commonest side effects.
Amila Isuru, Asiri Rodrigo, Chamara Wijesinghe, Dileepa Ediriweera, Shan Premadasa, Carmel Wijesekara, Lalith Kuruppuarachchi   +6 more
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Acute Post‐Partum Psychosis and Dystonia Reveals Late‐Onset MPAN

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Mathilde Lachaume, Audrey Schalk, Nadège Calmels, Christine Tranchant, Ozanne de Andrade, Fabrice Berna, Mathieu Anheim, Thomas Wirth   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drug discovery and preclinical testing of drug candidates for developmental and epileptic encephalopathies

Epilepsia, Volume 66, Issue 12, Page 4597-4623, December 2025.
Abstract Drug development for developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) follows different strategies on one hand including disease‐targeting precision medicine approaches considering the genetic variants and pathomechanisms in DEEs and on the other hand including therapeutic approaches with novel targets or second‐generation drug candidates ...
Heidrun Potschka, Daniel Pérez‐Pérez
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic behavioral and seizure outcomes following experimental traumatic brain injury and comorbid Klebsiella pneumoniae lung infection in mice

Epilepsia, Volume 66, Issue 11, Page 4513-4524, November 2025.
Abstract Objective Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of long‐term disability, and infections such as pneumonia represent a common and serious complication for patients with TBI in the acute and subacute post‐injury period. Although the acute effects of infections have been documented, their long‐term consequences on neurological and ...
Sarah S. J. Rewell, Ali Shad, Lingjun Chen, Erskine Chu, Jiping Wang, Ke Chen, Terence J. O'Brien, Jian Li, Pablo M. Casillas Espinosa, Bridgette D. Semple   +9 more
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome – severe atypical case with electroconvulsive therapy

Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is an idiosyncratic life-threatening condition requiring prompt recognition and management. This case illustrates severe, atypical NMS with rhabdomyolysis and a creatinine-phosphokinase of 113,300 IU/L.
U. N. H. Liyanage, D. De Silva, D. T. Egodawatte, N. F. J. Fernando   +3 more
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Seizures and electroencephalographic findings in inborn errors of metabolism: Clues to differential diagnosis in the neonatal period, infancy, childhood and adolescence, and review of the literature

Epileptic Disorders, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 745-802, October 2025.
Abstract Although inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are a rare cause of epilepsy, seizures are a common presentation in these disorders. Seizures in IEM are frequently refractory to conventional anti‐seizure medication and might warrant initiation of specific treatments based on vitamins or dietary modifications or provision of alternative substrates ...
D. Kapoor, S. Sharma, A. Kaminska, R. Nabbout, N. Chemaly, M. Schiff, P. De Lonlay, M. Eisermann   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The electro-convulsive therapy story of Africa, a systematic review

Discover Mental Health
Over the years, the use of Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has gained increasing acceptance as a viable treatment for managing treatment-resistant mental health conditions, and it is known to deliver more rapid therapeutic benefits than most treatment ...
Joan Abaatyo, Mark Mohan Kaggwa
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A Systematic Review of Aperiodic Neural Activity in Clinical Investigations

European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 62, Issue 7, October 2025.
This systematic literature review examines aperiodic neural activity in clinical disorders, summarizing current findings and discussion topics. One‐hundred seventy‐seven reports from across 38 distinct diagnoses are reviewed, finding widespread relationships between aperiodic activity and clinical disorders, though with notable variability within and ...
Thomas Donoghue
wiley   +1 more source

EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING MODULE ON ELECTRO CONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT) NURSING CARE AMONG THE VISITING GENERAL NURSE MIDWIFERY (GNM) STUDENTS

Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing, 2016
The nurses play the vital role in performing pre, intra and post treatment care, providing education and support to the patient and their family members. Nurses need to have a comprehensive knowledge and skill to carry on with this role. The students are
Chanamthabam Padmini Roy, Arunjyoti Baruah, Biyola Baruah   +2 more
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