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Electroconvulsive Therapy

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News & Research:

• Electroshock: Electroconvulsive Therapy Without Cognitive Side Effects - Science Daily, 5/27/08
• Abolish Electroshock Therapy? - Dr. Weil, 8/23/07
• ECT May Beat rTMS for Severe Depression - Clinical Psychiatry News, 1/07
• A “Shocking” Way to Reduce Depression - Physician's Weekly, 5/1/06
• Shock Therapy: No Longer So Shocking - WebMD, 2/15/06
• Electroconvulsive Therapy Improves Quality of Life for at Least Six Months - Doctor's Guide, 2/13/06
• Drugs, 'Shock Therapy' Beat Depression - WebMD, 1/12/06
• Electroconvulsive Therapy Improves Mood, Quality Of Life in Patients With Major Depression - Doctor's Guide, 11/1/04
• Study: Shock Treatment Benefits Outweigh Risks - WebMD, 11/1/04
• Impact of ECT on Health-Related Quality of Life and Function in Patients With Depression - Psychiatric Times, 10/05
• Rethinking Electroconvulsive Therapy - Clinical Psychiatry News, 10/04
• About To Have ECT? Fine, but Don't Watch It in the Movies: The Sorry Portrayal of ECT in Film - Psychiatric Times, 7/6/04
• Brains Appear to Emerge From ECT Unscathed - Psychiatric News, 6/4/04
• New Convulsive Technique May Offer ECT Alternative - Psychiatric News, 6/4/04
• Patients with Delusional Depression May Be Less Likely to Relapse After Electroconvulsive Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 2/11/04
• Tools To Fight Depression - CBS News, 6/23/03 - "What we know is that it's 50 to 80 percent genetic ... ECT does help most people who try it. Older patients seem to respond better than younger ones, he explained, but it doesn't work for everyone"
• Memory Loss Common Complaint With ECT - WebMD, 6/19/03
• Stigma Continues to Impede Acceptance of ECT - Clinical Psychiatry News, 4/03
• Meta Analysis Shows Electroconvulsive Therapy May Be Justified For Depression Treatment - Doctor's Guide, 3/6/03
• Electroconvulsive Therapy More Effective Than Medication in Depression - Medscape, 3/6/03
• Electric Shock Therapy Still Used, Still Effective - WebMD, 3/6/03
• Protocol Modifications May Enhance ECT - Clinical Psychiatry News, 1/03
• Three Depression Subtypes Respond Selectively - Clinical Psychiatry News, 1/03 - "Psychotic depression ... In general, the antidepressant needs to be helped along by an adjunctive antipsychotic agent or by ECT ... That constellation of symptoms known as atypical depression seems to preferentially respond to our old friends—the MAO inhibitors"
• High-Charge Right Unilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy Helps Some Older Depressed Patients - Doctor's Guide, 1/22/03
• Alternative [magnetic seizure therapy] May Rival ECT for Depression - Clinical Psychiatry News, 11/02
• Shock Therapy Has Similar Effect to Antidepressant Drugs on 5-HT2 Receptors among Depressed Patients - Doctor's Guide, 11/5/02
• Suicidality in Depression Resolved Rapidly With ECT - Clinical Psychiatry News, 8/02
• Study Finds rTMS Comparable to ECT - Clinical Psychiatry News, 3/02
• Magnetic Stimulation May Be as Effective as Electroconvulsive Therapy for Severe Depression - Doctor's Guide, 1/30/02
• Electroconvulsive Therapy, Antimelancholic Drugs Benefit Catatonic Depressives - Doctor's Guide, 10/2/01
• Anti-Depressive Electroconvulsive Effect Heightened By Calcium Channel Blocker - Doctor's Guide, 6/15/01
• Shock Therapy Takes on a New Form, Novel Technique Safe and Feasible, Even When Used to Cause Seizures - WebMD, 6/1/01
• Study Showing High Relapse Rate Puts Spotlight On Electroshock Therapy - Intelihealtth, 3/13/01 - "without follow-up medication, depression returned in 84 percent of patients within six months. Even with the best results - using an anti-depressant and anti-psychotic after ECT - 39 percent of patients relapsed"
• Study puts spotlight on electroshock therapy - USA Today, 3/13/01
• Active Treatment Required For Depression After Electroconvulsive Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 3/13/01
• Major Depressive Disorder Relapse After Electroconvulsive Therapy Related To Medication Resistance - Doctor's Guide, 1/25/01
• New Shock Therapy Procedure Works With Fewer Side Effects - WebMD, 5/15/00
• Magnetic Stimulation May Be A Safe Alternative To Shock Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 10/12/99
• Electromagnetic Stimulation Shows Promise For Treatment-Resistant Depression - Doctor's Guide, 6/17/99

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Recommended Reading:

• Win the Battle : The 3-Step Lifesaving Formula to Conquer Depression and Bipolar Disorder by Bob Olson, Melissa Olson (Contributor)

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