The intensive electric shock therapy of chronic disturbed psychotic patients.

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  • M SHOOR
  • F H ADAMS
چکیده

279 Intensive electric shock therapy, i.e., therapy given daily or oftener, has become a validated procedure in the management of acute excitement states( 1-3). This type of treatment has been advocated for curative purposes in both neurotic(4) and psychotic (5, 6) illnesses. It has also been used in the management of chronic psychotic patients (7, 8). This report deals with the use of intensive electric shock therapy in the ward management of a group of chronic disturbed psychotic women patients over a 3-month period, from June 15 to September 15, 1949.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The American journal of psychiatry

دوره 107 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1950