Editorial: Is Electroconvulsive Therapy a Therapy with Future?

Editorial: Is Electroconvulsive Therapy a Therapy with Future?

Although it was introduced almost 60 years ago, ECT still plays a key role in the treatment of severe depression. Recent clinical research has sought to refine treatment technique so as to: 1) achieve an optimal balance between antidepressant efficacy and cognitive adverse effects; 2) address the specific problems posed by elderly, medically ill patients; and 3) develop adequate measures for th...

Electroconvulsive Therapy

Editorial: Phage Therapy: Past, Present and Future

Propofol and electroconvulsive therapy.

(being a private hospital) where often the most difficult patients are admitted. The situation with restricted patients is differ ent. The RMO has no authority to discharge the patient, although the Home Office could be accused of passing the buck. It is unfair that administrative officers and clerks, hundreds of miles away at the Home Office, should make this decision for some of the most diff...

Relapse following electroconvulsive therapy.

BACKGROUND Irrespective of the treatment method used, there is a strong tendency to relapse into depression if treatment terminates. The purpose of this retrospective study is to investigate the relapse rate and the time elapsing before relapse after electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) and what was done to prevent this. MATERIAL AND METHOD The ECT records and case notes of patients who received...