The role of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in bipolar disorder: Effectiveness in 522 patients with bipolar depression, mixed-state, mania and catatonic features

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 359-371

  Perugi, Giulio ^a,b   Medda, Pierpaolo ^a   Toni, Cristina ^b   Mariani, Michela Giorgi ^a   Socci, Chiara ^a   Mauri, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b G DE LISIO INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar depression; Bipolar disorder; Catatonia; Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); Mania; Mixed state; Mood stabilizer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DSM-IV-TR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RESEARCH DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; CATATONIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CATATONIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85015657328     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: 18756190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570159X14666161017233642     Document Type: Review

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