Catatonia: a critical review and therapeutic
... example, in a study in Holland in psychiatric patients, the percentage of clinically diagnosed cases was 2%, while that revealed by researchers using specific scales was more than 18% 37. In contrast to the conception of Kraepelin, catatonic symptoms are frequently observed in association with mood ...
... example, in a study in Holland in psychiatric patients, the percentage of clinically diagnosed cases was 2%, while that revealed by researchers using specific scales was more than 18% 37. In contrast to the conception of Kraepelin, catatonic symptoms are frequently observed in association with mood ...
Catatonia: a critical review and therapeutic recommendations
... schizophrenia, with mood disorder and with a general medical condition. Recently, the number of symptoms/signs needed to diagnose catatonia has been debated 41. In the DSM-IV 28, there are 12 possible clinical manifestations (psychomotor arrest with catalepsy, waxy flexibility or stupor, tendency fo ...
... schizophrenia, with mood disorder and with a general medical condition. Recently, the number of symptoms/signs needed to diagnose catatonia has been debated 41. In the DSM-IV 28, there are 12 possible clinical manifestations (psychomotor arrest with catalepsy, waxy flexibility or stupor, tendency fo ...
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depressive illness, schizophrenia, catatonia and mania
... ECT has been available for use since the 1930s. The therapy involves the passage of an electric current through a person’s brain while they are under a general anaesthetic and have been given a muscle relaxant. This normally produces a convulsion. A course of ECT usually consists of six to twelve tr ...
... ECT has been available for use since the 1930s. The therapy involves the passage of an electric current through a person’s brain while they are under a general anaesthetic and have been given a muscle relaxant. This normally produces a convulsion. A course of ECT usually consists of six to twelve tr ...
The Johns hopkins medicine Library
... Because manic episodes in particular can cause impaired judgment, people must be protected from engaging in self-destructive actions, such as making unwise investments, going on large spending or gambling sprees, driving recklessly, or impulsively starting intense and unwise romantic or sexual relat ...
... Because manic episodes in particular can cause impaired judgment, people must be protected from engaging in self-destructive actions, such as making unwise investments, going on large spending or gambling sprees, driving recklessly, or impulsively starting intense and unwise romantic or sexual relat ...
Treatment guidelines for bipolar disorder: A critical review
... provide clinicians with algorithms, which would be able to carry research findings to the everyday clinical practice. Material and method: The MEDLINE was searched with the combination of each one of the key words dmaniaT, dmanicT, dbipolarT, dmanic-depressionT, dmanic-depressiveT with dtreatment gu ...
... provide clinicians with algorithms, which would be able to carry research findings to the everyday clinical practice. Material and method: The MEDLINE was searched with the combination of each one of the key words dmaniaT, dmanicT, dbipolarT, dmanic-depressionT, dmanic-depressiveT with dtreatment gu ...
Indications for the Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
... induction of a generalized seizure, but its use has been superseded by that of succinylcholine, a depolarizing agent with rapid onset and brief duration. • Myalgia can be a side effect of succinylcholine. ...
... induction of a generalized seizure, but its use has been superseded by that of succinylcholine, a depolarizing agent with rapid onset and brief duration. • Myalgia can be a side effect of succinylcholine. ...
Update on Electroconvulsive Therapy and Other Brain Treatments
... create an electrical field that stimulates only a small part of the brain, although the result is still a general seizure. Other new therapies for depression include vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and deep brain stimulation (DBS). Some of these are discussed ...
... create an electrical field that stimulates only a small part of the brain, although the result is still a general seizure. Other new therapies for depression include vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and deep brain stimulation (DBS). Some of these are discussed ...
PowerPoint Presentation - Synapses and Electroconvulsive
... the electric chair and the torture rack. It’s a clever little procedure, simple, quick, nearly painless it happens so fast, but no one ever wants another one. Ever.” - Ken Kesey (excerpt from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s ...
... the electric chair and the torture rack. It’s a clever little procedure, simple, quick, nearly painless it happens so fast, but no one ever wants another one. Ever.” - Ken Kesey (excerpt from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s ...
Electroconvulsive therapy - a shocking topic
... manfred sakel. It involved giving insulin in order to lower levels of glucose, producing coma and convulsions. mathematician john nash (a beautiful mind) was given this treatment in the 1960s. ...
... manfred sakel. It involved giving insulin in order to lower levels of glucose, producing coma and convulsions. mathematician john nash (a beautiful mind) was given this treatment in the 1960s. ...
Depression
... ECT has been reported to result in a prompt improvement in symptoms of depression in the majority of patients treated. The Consortium for Research in ECT (CORE) reported a 75% remission rate among 217 patients who completed a short course of ECT during an acute episode of depression, with 65% of pat ...
... ECT has been reported to result in a prompt improvement in symptoms of depression in the majority of patients treated. The Consortium for Research in ECT (CORE) reported a 75% remission rate among 217 patients who completed a short course of ECT during an acute episode of depression, with 65% of pat ...
Biological treatments carousel
... for about half a second which is done by fixing electrodes to the patient’s temples. In the past, electrodes were put on each side of the forehead. Nowadays it is more common to use ECT on one side of the brain as this reduces side effects. The current induces convulsions that last for approximately ...
... for about half a second which is done by fixing electrodes to the patient’s temples. In the past, electrodes were put on each side of the forehead. Nowadays it is more common to use ECT on one side of the brain as this reduces side effects. The current induces convulsions that last for approximately ...
Electroconvulsive Therapy
... • Bipolar/Mania ECT with mania is used when patients are intolerant or refractory to lithium or other anti-manic medications Should be considered earlier when potential of self-harm or harming others, or when symptoms appear life threatening ...
... • Bipolar/Mania ECT with mania is used when patients are intolerant or refractory to lithium or other anti-manic medications Should be considered earlier when potential of self-harm or harming others, or when symptoms appear life threatening ...
Electroconvulsive Therapy
... treatment of choice for depression but may be administered after a trial of therapy with antidepressant medication. • ECT is also indicated in the treatment of acute manic episodes of bipolar affective disorder. It has been shown to be effective in treating manic clients who are refractory to antima ...
... treatment of choice for depression but may be administered after a trial of therapy with antidepressant medication. • ECT is also indicated in the treatment of acute manic episodes of bipolar affective disorder. It has been shown to be effective in treating manic clients who are refractory to antima ...
Electroconvulsive therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock therapy and often referred to as shock treatment, is a standard psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from psychiatric illnesses.ECT is often used with informed consent as a last line of intervention for major depressive disorder, mania and catatonia.A round of ECT is effective for about 50% of people with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder, whether it is unipolar or bipolar. Follow-up treatment is still poorly studied, but about half of people who respond relapse within twelve months.Aside from effects in the brain, the general physical risks of ECT are similar to those of brief general anesthesia. Immediately following treatment, the most common adverse effects are confusion and memory loss. ECT is considered one of the least harmful treatment options available for severely depressed pregnant women.A usual course of ECT involves multiple administrations, typically given two or three times per week until the patient is no longer suffering symptoms. ECT is administered under anesthetic with a muscle relaxant. Electroconvulsive therapy can differ in its application in three ways: electrode placement, frequency of treatments, and the electrical waveform of the stimulus. These three forms of application have significant differences in both adverse side effects and symptom remission. After treatment, drug therapy is usually continued, and some patients receive maintenance ECT. Administration (in the UK) is most commonly bilateral, in which the electric current is passed across the whole brain. This seems to have greater efficacy, but also carries greater risk of memory loss. Less commonly (in the UK), ECT is administered unilaterally, which is less successful in producing the desired result, but carries a lower risk of memory loss.ECT appears to work in the short term via an anticonvulsant effect mostly in the frontal lobes, and longer term via neurotrophic effects primarily in the medial temporal lobe.