Historical Highlights on Electroconvulsive Therapy Practice in Iraq: A Brief Narrative
This article explores the nature of ECT services, in the context of Iraq's health care system, sociocultural norms, instability, and international codes of practice. This brief report uses the first author's work experience, few available data, and personal communication to describe the brief history of ECT practice in Iraq. This report is a baseline document for future ECT practice regulation in Iraq. (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - September 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Reviews Source Type: research
Appreciating Ladislas Meduna: Visionary Creator of Convulsive Therapy
No abstract available (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - September 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
An Improvised Bite-Block Apparatus to Prevent Oral Mucosa Damage in Electroconvulsive Therapy
No abstract available (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - September 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Images in Clinical ECT Source Type: research
Laryngeal Mask (i-gelR) Partially Broken by Biting Caused by Electrical Stimulation During Electroconvulsive Therapy
No abstract available (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - September 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Images in Clinical ECT Source Type: research
Editor's Roundup for Issue #3 of 2022: Advances in ECT Research Methodology, ECT in Persons With Borderline Traits, Benign Effect of ECT on Executive Function, and Differences in Cardiovascular Response Between ECT and MST
No abstract available (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - September 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2: A Case Report
No abstract available (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
Accelerated Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia: An Open-Label Study
No abstract available (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
Safety of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patients With Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
No abstract available (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
Electroconvulsive Therapy–Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Successful Retrial of ECT With 1-Year Follow-Up in a 69-Year-Old Woman
No abstract available (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
Role of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Managing Major Depressive Episodes in Patients With Dementia With Lewy Bodies
No abstract available (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema After Electroconvulsive Therapy in 2 Young Patients
No abstract available (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
A Clinical Case Series of Acute and Maintenance Home Administered Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Treatment-Resistant Depression
Conclusions
Transcranial direct current stimulation given for at least 6 weeks may be of clinical benefit even in treatment-resistant depression. Results provide support for long-term effectiveness, safety, and feasibility of remotely supervised HA-tDCS and suggest a role for maintenance tDCS after acute treatment with tDCS, rTMS, or ECT. (Source: The Journal of ECT)
Source: The Journal of ECT - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Study Source Type: research
Electroconvulsive Therapy Reverses Cerebral Hypoperfusion in a Patient With Psychotic Depression and Catatonia
A 72-year-old man suffering with severe depression with psychotic symptoms, marked apathy, and psychomotor retardation was treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) after resistance to treatment with psychotropic medications. His age, comorbidities, and dysexecutive syndrome prompted consideration of a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and a 99mTechnetium-labeled hexamethyl propylene amine oxime single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) brain perfusion scan showed bilateral perfusion defects that were most pronounced in the frontal regions of the brain. The scan was judged to be abnormal and in keepin...
Source: The Journal of ECT - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy of Major Depressive Disorder Improves Heart Rate Variability
We describe a patient whose depression score remained unchanged after 10 single daily intermittent thetaburst transcranial magnetic stimulation sessions targeting F3 in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and our efforts to modify the technique and monitor progress with heart rate variability (HRV) measures. The motor threshold position and intensity were verified to be unchanged from the baseline visit. Stimulation of F3 and treatment target 6 cm anterior to the mapped motor cortex site seemed to slow heart rate and increase HRV equally. We increased the number of daily intermittent thetaburst pulse trains for the remainde...
Source: The Journal of ECT - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
Antiepileptics in Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Mechanism-Based Review of Recent Literature
Although prior conventional wisdom strongly recommended complete discontinuation of medications increasing the seizure threshold before electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), more recent literature suggests that anticonvulsants should be considered a relative rather than an absolute contraindication to proceeding with therapy. Most literature regarding the use of use antiepileptic drugs in ECT focuses on antiepileptic mood stabilizers with which most psychiatrists are familiar. However, there is considerably less information available about the use of newer antiepileptics in conjunction with ECT, which may be prescribed to a pat...
Source: The Journal of ECT - June 1, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Review Source Type: research
