Background: There are several strategies in the management of treatment-resistant depression (TRD), including administration other antidepressants, augmentation therapy, electro-convulsive therapy (ECT), and a combination ECT antidepressants. The safety combined with any medication must be confirmed. aim this study was to assess duloxetine therapy. Materials Methods: In randomized clinical tria...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a widely used therapeutic option of drug-refractory psychiatric disorders. ECT treats symptoms by inducing brief controlled seizures through electrical stimulation, but does not generally cause prolonged or epilepsy. However, several studies have reported cases after ECT. This review aimed to determine the mechanism epileptogenesis with neurobiological changes...

Electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) is an effective technique for visualizing the distribution of dielectric materials inside a closed pipe or vessel. The design of an ECT system based on LabVIEW is described in this paper. The system can be divided into three parts: sensor system, data acquisition system, and imaging computer. The data acquisition system designed takes C8051F700 MCU as the...

introduction: a considerable portion of patients with depressive disorders do not respond properly to medical treatment and need electroconvulsive therapy (ect). on the other hand, as some beneficial effects of ect are attributed to increase in thyroid hormones, levothyronin is used as an adjuvant prior to ect. the aim of this study was to evaluate thyroid function changes after ect. methods: t...