Shock Treatments and Other Somatic Procedures in Psychiatry

Shock Treatment and Other Somatic Procedures in Psychiatry

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatments in Psychiatry

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Latin American Psychopharmacology Update: INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS IN PSYCHIATRY INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS IN PSYCHIATRY

Metadoxine (pyridoxol L-2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylate) is an ion-pair salt of pyridoxine (vitamin B6) and 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylate (PCA, also known as L-PGA). Metadoxine modulates GABAergic activity, and does not increase levels of brain neurotransmitterssuch as dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin. In animal studies, Metadoxine has shown no signs of abuse or addiction potential....

Shock Therapy in Danish Psychiatry

In the last decade, a new history of shock therapy in psychiatry has emerged. Electroshock or electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in particular has attracted the attention of the scholars German Berrios, Roberta Passioni and Max Fink, who have each examined the scientific origins of the therapy.1 Timothy W Kneeland and Carol A B Warren have explored its history in the United States, and Jonathan Sa...

[Shock therapy in psychiatry--historical feature].

2008 brings the 70th anniversary of the first electroconvulsive treatment, which was applied in a Psychiatric Clinic of Rome and introduced a new physical therapy to the clinical practice. The electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)--remains as the only method from the earlier therapies practised in the era preceding modem pharmacotherapy. It survived to the present times despite some difficulties. The...