title: [Value of maintenance electroshock therapy in recurrent depression. Apropos of 4 cases].
abstract: Four cases of recurrent affective disorders received a long term treatment by maintenance ECT in order to control relapses which were not otherwise controlled by antidepressant or mood stabilizing drugs. The efficacy of maintenance ECT makes it possible to use this therapeutic method under certain conditions.
authors: Service Hospitalo-Universitaire de Santé Mentale et de Thérapeutique, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Faculté Paris-Cochin.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Lôo
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Galinowski
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Boccara
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Richard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents
vernacular_title: Intérêt de la sismothérapie d'entretien dans les dépressions récurrentes. A propos de 4 observations.