Seizure threshold in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) II. The anticonvulsant effect of ECT

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 777-788

  Coffey, C Edward ^a,b   Lucke, Joseph ^c   Weiner, Richard D ^d   Krystal, Andrew D ^d   Aque, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b Sterling Medical Office   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ECT; seizure threshold; stimulus dosage titration

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; LOXAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; THIORIDAZINE; TIOTIXENE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STIMULUS; TITRIMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEIZURES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029040582     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00053-J     Document Type: Article

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