The effectiveness and safety of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

IS Turek, TE Hanlon - The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1977 - journals.lww.com
… answers relating to the efficacy and the safety of conventional ECT and some of its more …
efficacy in all diagnostic categories. As with most somatic treatments in psychiatry, bilateral ECT

Efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy in depressive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

UK Ect Review Group - The Lancet, 2003 - Elsevier
… We aimed to review published work for the efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy
(ECT) with simulated ECT, ECT versus pharmacotherapy, and different forms of ECT for …

Efficacy and safety of continuation and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in depressed elderly patients: a systematic review

AM van Schaik, HC Comijs, CM Sonnenberg… - The American Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
… In this systematic search, we evaluate the efficacy and safety of M-ECT in preventing
depressive relapse in patients age 55 or older. Computer databases were searched for relevant …

The effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy: a literature review

J Read, R Bentall - Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2010 - cambridge.org
… Aim – To review the literature on the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy [ECT], with a
particular focus on depression, its primary target group. Methods – PsycINFO, Medline, previous …

Effectiveness and safety of electroconvulsive therapy in clinical practice

SW Joo, HE Jeong, MW Chon, YH Joo… - Journal of Korean …, 2016 - synapse.koreamed.org
… is little research on the practice and effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in
Korea. This study investigated the practice pattern, effectiveness, and safety of ECT. …

A review of continuation electroconvulsive therapy: application, safety, and efficacy

K Trevino, SM McClintock, MM Husain - The journal of ECT, 2010 - journals.lww.com
… Specifically, C-ECT involves the administration of additional ECT treatments during the 6-…
ECT including indication for use, patient selection, treatment guidelines/parameters, and safety

Is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Effective and Safe for Treatment of Depression in Dementia?: A Short Review

E Oudman - The journal of ECT, 2012 - journals.lww.com
treatment option in the elderly with dementia and depression. The aim of this review was to
provide a critical analysis of the efficacy and safety of ECT … that ECT is an effective treatment

Efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy in adolescents: a retrospective chart review study from Turkey

A Karayagmurlu, M Coskun, G Elboga… - … Journal of ECT, 2020 - journals.lww.com
… the efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in … to the safety or the effectiveness
of ECT among some mental … clinical characteristics, efficacy, and safety data of ECT in one …

The efficacy and safety of concomitant psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

AU Janjua, AL Dhingra, R Greenberg, WM McDonald - CNS drugs, 2020 - Springer
… The efficacy of ECT is clearly correlated with the quality of the ECT-induced seizure [10] and
… of concomitant psychotropic medication on the efficacy and safety of ECT is the focus of this …

Efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy: a systematic review of scientific evidence

JMB Guillén, CS Abad, MEH de Pablo… - Actas Espanolas de …, 2004 - actaspsiquiatria.es
ECT is not the aim of the research; b) those that do not compare ECT with another different
treatment; c) those in which the aim of the research is not to evaluate the efficacy of ECT, and …