Does electroconvulsive therapy cause epilepsy?

Journal of ECT

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-205

  Ray, Anindya Kumar ^a  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

ECT; Epilepsy; Spontaneous seizures; Unmodified

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; THIORIDAZINE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883558895     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31827e5672     Document Type: Article

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