The Role of Bilateral ECT When Right Unilateral ECT Is Inferior

Unilateral Ect and Dosing

Neurological asymmetries immediately after unilateral ECT.

Twenty-nine right handed patients were examined neurologically before and immediately after each of 62 unilateral ECTs to the dominant and non-dominant hemispheres. Most convulsions were followed by signs of transitory neurological dysfunction referable to the treated hemisphere. These signs included deep tendon reflex asymmetry, hemiparesis, tactile and visual inattention, and homonymous hemia...

Role of ECT in Schizophrenia

An intelligent schizophrenic whose fictitious name was Jonathan Lang hallucinated for more than 8 years. His coping behaviour included analysing the aspects of hallucinations, analysing the inter-relation between varieties of hallucinations, studying the relations of hallucinations to environmental variables, physiological states .ind psychological factors, experimenting on the production of ha...

Bilateral ECT induces bilateral increases in regional cortical thickness

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective treatment for patients suffering from severe or treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (MDD). Unfortunately its underlying neurobiological mechanisms are still unclear. One line of evidence indicates that the seizures produced by ECT induce or stimulate neuroplasticity effects. Although these seizures also affect the cortex, the effec...

Unilateral and bilateral ECT: a study of memory disturbance and relief from depression.

Fifty-one endogenous and reactive female depressives were given a course of either unilateral non-dominant, unilateral dominant, or bilateral ECT. Visual and verbal memory tests and confusion ratings were administered at frequent intervals during the treatment course. Pre-and post-treatment assessments of depression were made. Comparisons of the therapeutic effect of six and of eight ECTs were ...