Anaesthesia and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
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The Origins of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT).
Prior to the 1930s, the prime mode of treatment for psychiatric outpatients was psychoanalysis. Little could be done for inpatients, other than provide sedation and social support. In the 1930s, four major somatotherapies, all interventionist in technique, were developed: insulin coma therapy, Metrazol convulsive therapy, lobotomy (psychosurgery), and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the only o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.572-az0623.x