Mania complicating ECT
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Bipolar depression is a serious psychiatric condition with a high rate of completed suicide if not treated effectively [1]. Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a rapid and effective treatment for bipolar depression [2,3]. There has been limited research, however, examining the rate of “switching” from depression to hypomania or mania during ECT in patients with bipolar disorder (BP), or the clin...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.157.1.153b