Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) involves the induction of a seizure for
therapeutic purposes by the administration of a variable frequency electrical stimulus shock …

Since its introduction in 1938, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has remained an important
treatment for selected serious neuropsychiatric illnesses and continues to be one of the most …

" The Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy, Third Edition, provides a comprehensive yet
practical overview of the safe and effective use of ECT, with recommendations applicable …

Objective: The purposes of this study were to investigate the rate (incidence) of tardive
dyskinesia in elderly patients beginning treatment with antipsychotic medication and to …

In patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), this study compared the efficacy of
continuation treatment with flupenthixol alone, continuation electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) …

Schizophrenia is a clinical syndrome of extraordinary importance and complexity. Its early
identification is difficult, and our concepts of its main characteristics have undergone many …

Recent data and clinical experience confirm that, in spite of superior efficacy for treatment-
refractory schizophrenia, a substantial proportion of patients receiving clozapine will …

For major psychiatric disorders in which suicidality is often a symptom, electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT) is an established, highly effective treatment. In fact, suicidal risk may be an …

The author reviews literature pertaining to the efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive
therapy (ECT), with emphasis on the controversy concerning whether ECT causes brain …

Objective: To determine the effects of ECT combined with antipsychotic medication therapy
on psychopathology, quality of life, and social functioning in patients with refractory …