Anticonvulsant Mechanisms of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Relation to Therapeutic Efficacy

Journal of ECT

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 173-178

  Duthie, Ashleigh C ^a   Perrin, Jennifer S ^b   Bennett, Daniel M ^b   Currie, James ^b   Reid, Ian C ^b  

^a Stracathro Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electroconvulsive therapy; seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY UNIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEIZURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940900382     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000210     Document Type: Article

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