Electroconvulsive Therapy
"Electroconvulsive Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Electrically induced CONVULSIONS primarily used in the treatment of severe AFFECTIVE DISORDERS and SCHIZOPHRENIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D004565
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F04.570.200.583 F04.669.224.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Electroconvulsive Therapy- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Electroconvulsive Therapies
- Therapies, Electroconvulsive
- Therapy, Electroconvulsive
- Electroshock Therapy
- Electroshock Therapies
- Therapies, Electroshock
- Therapy, Electroshock
- Convulsive Therapy, Electric
- Convulsive Therapies, Electric
- Electric Convulsive Therapies
- Electric Convulsive Therapy
- Therapies, Electric Convulsive
- Therapy, Electric Convulsive
- Shock Therapy, Electric
- Electric Shock Therapies
- Electric Shock Therapy
- Shock Therapies, Electric
- Therapies, Electric Shock
- Therapy, Electric Shock
- ECT (Psychotherapy)
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Electroconvulsive Therapy" by people in Profiles.
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Pradhan BK, van Helmond N, Mitrev LV, Andonakakis AA. Hereditary pseudocholinesterase deficiency discovery after electroconvulsive therapy. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jan 18; 14(1).
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Pai S, Kramer N, Rosenstein ED. Malignant Catatonia as the Presenting Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013). 2020 Jun; 78(2):146-152.
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Osaka Y, Morita Y. A case of 28 seconds asystole after a stimulus for modified electroconvulsive therapy. J Clin Anesth. 2018 06; 47:3.
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Weinstein MS. Out of the Straitjacket. N Engl J Med. 2018 Mar 01; 378(9):793-795.
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Asadi-Pooya AA. Electroconvulsive therapy and epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2017 01; 58(1):176-177.
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Singh PM, Arora S, Borle A, Varma P, Trikha A, Goudra BG. Evaluation of Etomidate for Seizure Duration in Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J ECT. 2015 Dec; 31(4):213-25.
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Ujkaj M, Davidoff DA, Seiner SJ, Ellison JM, Harper DG, Forester BP. Safety and efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of agitation and aggression in patients with dementia. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2012 Jan; 20(1):61-72.
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Zisselman MH, Jaffe RL. ECT in the treatment of a patient with catatonia: consent and complications. Am J Psychiatry. 2010 Feb; 167(2):127-32.
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Davis A, Zisselman M, Simmons T, McCall WV, McCafferty J, Rosenquist PB. Electroconvulsive therapy in the setting of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. J ECT. 2009 Sep; 25(3):198-201.
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Zisselman MH, Rosenquist PB, Curlik SM. Long-term weekly continuation electroconvulsive therapy: a case series. J ECT. 2007 Dec; 23(4):274-7.