title: Electroconvulsive therapy for epilepsy and major depression.
abstract: In this first report of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for the simultaneous treatment of seizures and depressive episodes, the authors discuss the use of ECT in the treatment of complex-partial seizures and major depression in a geriatric patients who refused antidepressant and antiepileptic medication. ECT has numerous anticonvulsant effects, including elevated seizure threshold and decreased seizure duration, which make it a useful adjunctive therapy in epilepsy that is refractory or not amenable to treatment with medication.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland at Baltimore, Department of Psychiatry 21201, USA.
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Regenold
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weintraub
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male