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Electroconvulsive therapy of endogenous depression

An analysis of the influence of various factors on the efficacy of the therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Jan-Otto Ottosson
Jan-Otto Ottosson*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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Most patients with endogenous depression who receive electroconvulsive treatment (E.C.T.) recover completely or improve considerably. However, it is evident that the effect of E.C.T. varies in different individuals. In some cases more treatments are necessary than in others and sometimes the final result is unsatisfactory even after a great number of treatments. Many attempts have been made to explain these variations.

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Therapeutic Trials
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 108 , Issue 456 , September 1962 , pp. 694 - 703
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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