Conclusions The following factors may underlie the successful use of ECT for treatment of catatonia in this patient with hypoxic-ischemic brain injury: mood symptoms prior to onset of catatonia; initial response to lorazepam; absence of neuroimaging evidence of leukoencephalopathy; and longer length of...
That really is the name of the game with ECT, why that would come up for us as a recommended treatment. [It] often has to do with severity. It's the quickest way to treat severe depression and it also allows us to treat people with the catatonia, also with psychotic features and ...
8. Kellner CH, Greenberg RM, Ahle GM, LiebmanLS. Electroconvulsive therapy is a standard treatment; ketamine is not (yet).Am J Psychiatry. 2014;171:796.
ECT is an effective treatment for severe mental disorders, including major depression, delusional depression, bipolar disorder, manic delirium, schizophrenia, malignant catatonia, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. It reduces suicidality, melancholia, catatonia, aggression, and excitement. Age is no barrier...
Decalogue of Catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorders adolescents and young adults with ASD, and the effectiveness of benzodiazepines and bilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the treatment of catatonia in... DM Dhossche - 《Frontiers in Psychiatry》 被引量: 11发表: 2014年 7. The possible de...
ECT is effective in the treatment of patients with major depression, delusional depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, catatonia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and parkinsonism, and this breadth of action is both remarkable and unique. ECT is a safe treatment. No age or systemic condition ...
ECT is often used as a last line of intervention for major depressive disorder, mania, and catatonia1. It is also an effective treatment option for several psychiatric disorders in pregnant patients2. An extensive review of the reported cases of ECT performed on pregnant patients shows, out of...
Studies also show it to be a sound treatment in the care of people who suffer from mania, psychosis in the form of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, and any severe decrease in movement and speech (catatonia). ECT is an effective treatment for people of a ...
New synthetic routes for styrene derivatives having both trimethylsilyl and hydroxyalkyl groups were investigated. Reactions between oxirane (5a) and chem... RD Merrill - 《American Journal of Psychiatry》 被引量: 30发表: 1990年 Psychosis and catatonia in fragile X: Case report and literature review...
Of the total number of ECT treatments, 82.3% were given to patients with major depression, 9.6% to patients with schizophrenia, 4.9% to patients with mania, and 1.7% to patients with catatonia. Patients who received ECT were in an age group older than 65 years (38.4%), followed by 45 ...