摘要:

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment of a variety of serious psychiatric and neurologic disorders. There are infrequent case reports of its use in individuals with mental retardation (MR). We describe 10 patients with MR and complex comorbid psychiatric disorder treated with ECT. Seven patients had an excellent response to treatment. Side effects of treatment were minimal and transitory.

ISSN:1095-0680    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

We surveyed samples of medical students in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Australia, prior to their psychiatry placement, to ascertain views about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and the effect on those views of watching ECT scenes in movies. A 26-item questionnaire was constructed by the authors and administered to the students. At set times during the questionnaire, students were asked to view five movie clips showing, or making reference to, ECT. The clips were fromReturn to Oz, The Hudsucker Proxy, Ordinary People, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,andBeverly Hillbillies.Ninety-four students participated in the study. Levels of knowledge about the indications, side effects, and mode of administration were poor, and attitudes were generally negative. Viewing the ECT scenes influenced attitudes toward the treatment; after viewing, one-third of the students decreased their support for ECT, and the proportion of students who would dissuade a family member or friend from having ECT rose from less than 10% to almost 25%.

ISSN:1095-0680    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

We sought to identify poems about Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and describe their major themes, with a view to using some of those poems in clinical situations—for persons receiving ECT and their families—as well as for teaching purposes. Several poems were identified, eight almost exclusively about ECT and a number of other works containing references to the treatment. The poets, some of whom have won distinguished prizes, came from the United States, U.K., Australia, and Estonia. The poems included very positive accounts of ECT and more denigrating pieces. Some of the themes covered by the poems were the desperate plight of persons prior to ECT, the potentially striking beneficial effects of the treatment, fears about the use of electricity, ECT procedure, and memory impairment, and the stigma associated with the treatment.

ISSN:1095-0680    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

To treat psychiatric symptoms associated with hyperthyroidism, we administered electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to a patient with Basedow's disease. After unsuccessful treatment with an oral antithyroid drug, neuroleptics, and mood stabilizer, the patient recovered completely after three ECTs and did not relapse in the 40-day follow-up period. Although hyperthyroidism has been considered to induce psychiatric symptoms by enhancement of the sensitivity and turnover in catecholaminergic neurotransmission, we suggest another possible mechanism, involving translational and activational regulation of functional proteins in the brain.

ISSN:1095-0680    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1095-0680    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1095-0680    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1095-0680    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1095-0680    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1095-0680    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1095-0680    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID