Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for severe depression, especially in older adults. However, there is limited of evidence regarding the use of ECT in elderly patients for the treatment of somatic symptom disorders (with predominant GI symptoms) or unintentional weight loss. ...
Clinical Outcomes of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for Depression in Older Old People Relative to Other Age Groups Across the Adult Life Span: A CARE Net... InterventionElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a commonly used treatment for severe psychiatric illness in older adults, including in the '...
Demi Onalaja for information relating to the ECT services in adults in the UK, Dr. Wai Phyo for his assistance with the literature search and Dr. A. Scott for a copy of the section on “Use of ECT in Children and Adolescents for treatment of depression,” in ECT Handbook, 2nd ed. (...
For some patients in a treatment resistant depressive episode, electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) is the only treatment that is effective. Although ECT has shown efficacy in randomized controlled trials, the treatment is still controversial and stigmatized. This can in part be attributed to our lack ...
Recent research has confirmed that ECT is an effective treatment for elderly patients with severe depressive illnesses, but not without some hazard in its administration. The currently available prognostic indicators for ECT have been developed in adults under 65 years old. In this study, the Newcast...
ORLANDO, Florida ― In individuals with severedepressionwho are treated with electrode convulsive therapy (ECT), electrode placement and patient age may have a significant influence on treatment outcomes, new research suggests. A study of 230 adults with severe depression showed that right unilateral ...
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Rhee found the data on ECT in older adults intriguing for another reason as well; ECT is known to enlarge the area of grey matter in the brain. This implies new brain cells are growing. The next step in his research is to see whether ECT can help people with dementia who live in the...
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment option for severe mental illness during pregnancy. However, there is little knowledge about the amount of electric field produced inside the foetus, which is important to understand the effects of ECT on the foetal excitable tissues. Thus, in...
The serum TG. TC LDL-C decreases significantly after 12 weeks antiobesity treatment withorlistat. Conclusions Antiobesity treatment with orlistat and low-anergy-deary may increase the serum irisin level in male adults with abdominal obesity,and itssafety and tolerability was realiable. 展开 ...