electroconvulsive therapy (ect) is an efficient treatment for several neuropsychiatric disorders however a large number of patients develop memory impairment after ect. different studies both on animals and human suggest that vasopressin has positive effects on memory and improves cognitive functions. in this randomized, double-blind controlled clinical trial, 50 patients with psychiatric disor...

catatonia is a syndrome that can be treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ect). hence, onset of catatonia during treatment of patients with ect is not expected. in this manuscript, a schizoaffective disorder patient with a positive history of traumatic brain injury and no consumption of benzodiazepines is being reported, who became catatonic during ect.

Background: Training methods to reduce the anxiety caused by the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) should match the necessity of communicating with the patients suffering from mood disorders. Aim: This study aimed to compare the effects of face-to-face and multimedia education on the anxiety induced by the ECT. Method: This randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 75 patients with mo...

background: it is estimated that major depression disorders constitute 8.2% of years lived with disability (ylds) globally. the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rtms) and electroconvulsive therapy (ect) are two relative common interventions to treat major depressive disorders, especially for treatment resistant depression. in this study the cost- effectiveness and cost-utility of r...

Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is an effective locoregional therapy for cutaneous melanoma metastases and has been safely combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors in preliminary experiences. Since ECT known to induce immunogenic cell death, its combination might be beneficial. In this study, we aimed investigate the effectiveness of on pembrolizumab. We undertook a retrospective matched cohort ana...