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Perspectives in treatment-resistant depression: esketamine and electroconvulsive therapy
Modern electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and the approval of nasal esketamine for clinical use have significantly improved the approach to...
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Electroconvulsive Therapy Beyond Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorders
Purpose of ReviewElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been in the limelight now for a century, yet it has been underutilized and under-rated as an...
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Electroconvulsive Therapy as Maintenance Treatment in Psychiatric Disorders
Purposeof ReviewFollowing symptom remission with acute electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), maintenance ECT (M-ECT) is often used to prevent relapse....
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Electroconvulsive therapy in children and adolescents: results from a population‑based study utilising the Swedish National Quality Register
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is effective and safe for adults with severe depression, but less studied in adolescents. Here, we examined the...
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Systematic review: Electroconvulsive therapy for treatment-resistant mood disorders in children and adolescents
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a well-established treatment for adults with mood disorders. However, its use in child and adolescent populations...
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Low continuation of antipsychotic therapy in Parkinson disease – intolerance, ineffectiveness, or inertia?
BackgroundAntipsychotics are used in Parkinson disease (PD) to treat psychosis, mood, and behavioral disturbances. Commonly used antipsychotics...
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Case report: delayed response after electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with major depressive disorder
BackgroundMajor depressive disorder and associated mood syndromes are amongst the most common psychiatric disorders. To date, electroconvulsive...
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The Efficacy and Safety of Concomitant Psychotropic Medication and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for severe psychiatric disorders. Patients referred to ECT are often taking multiple...
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Cognitive remediation following electroconvulsive therapy in patients with treatment resistant depression: randomized controlled trial of an intervention for relapse prevention – study protocol
BackgroundMajor depressive episode (MDE) is worldwide one of the most prevalent and disabling mental health conditions. In cases of persistent...
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Alternative Treatments for Postpartum Depression
Purpose of reviewWhile pharmacotherapy is often used in the treatment of postpartum depression, there have been few positive randomized controlled...
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A prospective multicenter assessor-blinded randomized controlled study to compare the efficacy of short versus long protocols of electroconvulsive therapy as an augmentation strategy to clozapine in patients with ultra-resistant schizophrenia (SURECT study)
BackgroundAlthough clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic drug for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, it leads to a poor or partial response...
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Rate of continuing acute course treatment using right unilateral ultrabrief pulse electroconvulsive therapy at a large academic medical center
Right unilateral ultrabrief pulse (RUL-UBP) ECT has emerged as a promising technique for minimizing cognitive side effects of ECT while retaining...
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Maintenance repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) therapy for treatment-resistant depression: a study protocol of a multisite, prospective, non-randomized longitudinal study
BackgroundRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a widely used treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), and its effectiveness...
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Catatonia
Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by motor, affective and cognitive–behavioural signs, which lasts from hours to days. Intensive...
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Inflammatory cytokines derived from peripheral blood contribute to the modified electroconvulsive therapy-induced cognitive deficits in major depressive disorder
Little is known about the pathophysiology of memory deficits in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) treated with modified electroconvulsive...
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Reproductive psychiatric advance directives: promoting autonomy for perinatal people with serious mental illness diagnoses
People with serious mental illness (SMI) diagnoses who become pregnant are particularly vulnerable to symptom recurrence and resulting potential lack...
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Sociodemographic, clinical and treatment characteristics of current rapid-cycling bipolar disorder: a multicenter Chinese study
BackgroundRapid cycling bipolar disorder (RCBD), characterized by four or more episodes per year, is a complex subtype of bipolar disorder (BD) with...
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A New Solution to an Age-old Problem: A Review of Ketamine and Esketamine for Treatment-resistant Depression in Late Life
Purpose of ReviewTreatment-resistant depression in the elderly has been associated with increased disability, hospitalization, functional and...
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Major depressive disorder
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by persistent depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure in previously enjoyable activities,...
