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Bipolar disorder, pregnancy, COVID-19: Electroconvulsive therapy is needed!
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Treating pregnant women with bipolar disorder is among the most challenging clinical endeavors. Patients and clinicians are faced with difficult choices at every turn, and no approach is without risk.
M.F. Tascon Guerra +2 more
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The Journal of ECT, 1990 AbstractConvulsive therapy (ECT or electroshock) is an effective treatment for those with severe and persistent emotional disorders. It is safe for patients of all ages, for those with debilitating systemic illnesses and during pregnancy. It relieves symptoms in a briefer time than do psychotropic drugs.
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Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2009 OBJETIVO: A eficácia da eletroconvulsoterapia em tratar sintomas depressivos está estabelecida por meio de inúmeros estudos desenvolvidos durante as últimas décadas.
Paula Barros Antunes +4 more
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Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2023 Behavioral disturbances are clinically relevant in patients with dementia, and pharmacological regimens to mitigate these symptoms have provided limited results.
Florindo Stella +3 more
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Management and outcomes of catatonia: A prospective study in urban South Africa
SAGE Open Medicine, 2022 Objectives: Rapid intervention for catatonia with benzodiazepines and electroconvulsive therapy can prevent fatal complications. We describe the management and treatment response of 44 patients with catatonia in a psychiatric unit in urban South Africa ...
Zukiswa Zingela +4 more
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, 2021 This report describes a patient with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) who reached complete remission after a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Somatic symptom disorder, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth
Abeysundera, Hesitha +5 more
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the evaluation of treatment efficacy in unipolar major depressive disorder: a review of the literature [PDF]
, 2012 More and more neuroimaging studies are using in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) to explore correlates of response to therapy in major depressive disorder (MDD). Their aim is to further understanding of the effects of neurotransmitter
A. Pichiecchio +18 more
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Assessment of Quality and Reliability of Electroconvulsive Therapy Videos Available on YouTube
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2021 Objective: ECT is still an important treatment modality in contemporary psychiatry. Despite the evidence regarding its efficacy and safety, patients are hesitant about ECT, which is sometimes stigmatized due to disinformation.
Bahadir Demir +3 more
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Autism Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Catatonia occurs disproportionately in autistic individuals and may respond to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), yet prior reports suggest greater treatment burden in this population. We compared longitudinal ECT utilization, safety, and clinical outcomes between autistic and non‐autistic patients with catatonia.
Joshua Ryan Smith +15 more
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Electroconvulsive therapy in delusional and non-delusional depressive disorder [PDF]
, 1990 Major depressive disorder (MDD) patients (n=66) treated with electroconvulsive therapy were stratified by the presence (n=30) or absence (n=36) of delusional symptoms (by Research Diagnostic Criteria) to compare their response to treatment.
Grunhaus, Leon J. +3 more
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