Who responds to electroconvulsive therapy?

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Patients who develop epilepsy during extended treatment with electroconvulsive therapy

Epidemiologic data indicate that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) does not precipitate epilepsy. However, when an ECT patient develops this condition, one is faced with the question as to whether ECT caused it and whether ECT can be safely continued. We describe four patients, two of whom developed definite epilepsy and two possible epilepsy during extended courses of ECT. In one of the patients...

The subjective experience of patients who received electroconvulsive therapy.

OBJECTIVE Despite the vast amount of scientific literature available on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), there is little qualitative focus upon the patients' subjective experience of this procedure. Using an exploratory descriptive methodology, this study aims to provide a more unique insight into what certain patients actually think of ECT. METHOD Semistructured interviews were conducted to ...

Patient attitudes to electroconvulsive therapy

AIMS AND METHODS To investigate patients’ subjective attitudes to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) a questionnaire was posted to 89 consecutive patients who had received treatment in an ECT department. RESULTS Fifty-one responses were obtained (57%). Results indicated a high satisfaction with the department and the treatment itself; 44 respondents would or might have ECTagain and 35 reported at ...

Patient attitudes to electroconvulsive therapy

AIMS AND METHODS To investigate patients’ subjective attitudes to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) a questionnaire was posted to 89 consecutive patients who had received treatment in an ECT department. RESULTS Fifty-one responses were obtained (57%). Results indicated a high satisfaction with the department and the treatment itself; 44 respondents would or might have ECTagain and 35 reported at ...