Double Electroconvulsive Therapy for Resistant Depression.
A case is described of psychotic depression that worsened during a course of three bilateral ECTs per week, but responded to administration of two bilateral ECTs three times per week. For some patients, ECTs may need to be given more than three times per week to obtain remission.
Swartz
Conrad M.
CM
Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, UHS/The Chicago Medical School, and the Veterans Administration Medical Center, North Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mehta
Ravindra K.
RK