ECT IN NEUROLOGICAL COUNDITIONS

It is a myth that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) produces greater side effects and worsens the neurological condition when used in neurologically ill patients. With the advancement and sophistication in ECT practice standards and modification procedures, it can be safely administered either to trea...

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Autores principales: Girish, K., Gangadhar, B.N., Janakiramaiah, N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206577
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description It is a myth that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) produces greater side effects and worsens the neurological condition when used in neurologically ill patients. With the advancement and sophistication in ECT practice standards and modification procedures, it can be safely administered either to treat selected neurological conditions or the co-morbid psychiatric illnesses without additional risks. However ECT should be administered only after thorough evaluation of risks and benefits in such individuals.
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spelling pubmed-29543932011-01-04 ECT IN NEUROLOGICAL COUNDITIONS Girish, K. Gangadhar, B.N. Janakiramaiah, N. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article It is a myth that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) produces greater side effects and worsens the neurological condition when used in neurologically ill patients. With the advancement and sophistication in ECT practice standards and modification procedures, it can be safely administered either to treat selected neurological conditions or the co-morbid psychiatric illnesses without additional risks. However ECT should be administered only after thorough evaluation of risks and benefits in such individuals. Medknow Publications 2002 /pmc/articles/PMC2954393/ /pubmed/21206577 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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ECT IN NEUROLOGICAL COUNDITIONS
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title_short ECT IN NEUROLOGICAL COUNDITIONS
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206577
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