BACKGROUND Irrespective of the treatment method used, there is a strong tendency to relapse into depression if treatment terminates. The purpose of this retrospective study is to investigate the relapse rate and the time elapsing before relapse after electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) and what was done to prevent this. MATERIAL AND METHOD The ECT records and case notes of patients who received...

BACKGROUND In principle, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can only be administered to patients who consent to the treatment. If the patient does not consent, the treatment can be given in exceptional cases, in situations where a plea of necessity can be made. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the issue of consent was documented in the patient records at Dikemark Hospital in th...

Objectives This is a protocol for Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and harms of electroconvulsive therapy an acute affective episode (hypomania, mania, mixed state or depression) in children, adolescents, adults older people with bipolar disorder.

Introduction: The aim of this research was to evaluate the demographic characteristics, diagnosis, treatment compliance and follow-up outpatient clinic patients who had undergone electroconvulsive therapy for mood disorders.Methods: This retrospective study has been conducted based on inpatient clinical records disorders were treated with ECT between 2015-2018 in Department Psychiatry Faculty M...

Background: Persistent methamphetamine (METH) psychosis is a psychotic state beyond 1-month after abstinence, for which there is no effective treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in persistent METH psychosis patients hospitalized at Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Kerman, Iran, from 6 September 2012 until 6 September 2013, who were not remitted ...