...Shawna Chan; Robert Bota Purpose Noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) such a transcranial magnetic stimulation, intermittent theta burst stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy have emerged as an efficacious and well-tolerated therapy for treatment...

...Nabeel Wahid; Garwin Chin; Andia H. Turner; Alexis Seegan Delirious mania is an understudied psychiatric disorder with a mortality rate as high as 75%. Previous case studies suggest that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be an effective treatment for delirious mania, though this procedure may...

...Sasha S. Getty; Lawrence R. Faziola Mental Illness 2017; volume 9:7181 Adverse effects of electroconvulsive therapy on cognitive performance Sasha S. Getty,1 Lawrence R. Faziola2 1University of California at Irvine, School of Medicine; 2Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University...

...Faraz Mughal; Simon B. Menezes Treatment of Cotard's syndrome with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been seen to be an effective treatment option when pharmacological options are not successful. Recent changes in the Mental Health Act 2007 used within the United Kingdom has resulted...

...John E. Berg Prediction of increased risk of suicide is difficult. We had the opportunity to follow up 20 patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) because of severe depression. They filled in the Antonovsky sense of coherence test (SOC) and Beck depression inventory (BDI) before and after...