The clonic phase of seizures in patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy is related to age and stimulus intensity

Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is effective in the treatment of major depressive disorder and schizophrenia in patients who are drug-naïve or less-receptive to antipsychotic drugs. Several studies have discussed the correlation between patient characteristics, input current vol...

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Main Author: Chih-Chieh eTseng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00166/full