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A Comparison of Desoxyephedrine (Methedrine), and Electroshock in the Treatment of Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

A. B. Monro  and
H. Conitzer
A. B. Monro
Affiliation:
Carlton Hayes Hospital, Narborough, Leicester
H. Conitzer
Affiliation:
Carlton Hayes Hospital, Narborough, Leicester
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Early in 1950 we treated 34 depressed patients with desoxyephedrine, in an attempt to discover whether it is comparable in efficiency to electroshock in the treatment of depression in a substantial proportion of cases. We originally intended to treat approximately 100 consecutive depressed patients admitted to hospital, and to compare the results with those obtained in the previous 200 consecutive depressions treated by electroshock. The results, however, caused us to stop the experiment at a much earlier stage.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 96 , Issue 405 , October 1950 , pp. 1037 - 1042
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1950 

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