Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for severe psychiatric disorders.
Patients referred to ECT are often taking multiple medications, many of which can potentially …

Current guidelines regarding concomitant antidepressants during electroconvulsive therapy
(ECT) are inconsistent. Although the American Psychiatric Association Task Force on ECT …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has demonstrated to be highly effective and safe, even life
saving for many psychiatric disorders such as major depression, bipolar disorder and …

Clinical experience indicates that the concurrent use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and
some psychoactive drugs is safe. With the exception of caffeine to prolong ECT seizure …

The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the US continues to expand in the treatment of
psychiatric disorders. Electroconvulsive therapy remains the “gold standard” for the …

A comprehensive review describes the benefits and risks of the combination of
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and antipsychotic agents for patients with psychotic …

The principal indications for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are depression, schizophrenia,
and mania, and the commonest contexts of administration are when the patient is suicidal …

Context Medication resistance is the leading indication for use of electroconvulsive therapy
(ECT) in major depression. The practice of stopping antidepressant medications prior to ECT …

Dear Editors, We read with interest the article by Rubner et al.(2009). The authors have
commented, and rightly so, that a combination of anticonvulsant medications and …

In the past, a pre-electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) psychiatric evaluation focused on the
question,“Does the patient have an ECT-responsive condition?” Technological advances, a …