title: Petit Mal-Grand Mal ECT: A Method to Induce Seizures Without Barbiturate Anesthesia.
abstract: Petit mal-grand mal (PM-GM) electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a technique developed by Impastato to elicit unconsciousness with a subconvulsive electrical stimulus, rather than with barbiturate anesthesia. Muscle relaxation is produced with succinylcholine chloride before stimulus is applied. The cases reported here illustrate applications of the technique to depressed patients with severe cardiac and pulmonary disease, and the use of PM-GM ECT in a patient in whom seizures could not be elicited by the usual ECT technique is described.
authors.affiliation: Gracie Square Hospital, New York, New York, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Herbert A.
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Shepard
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kantor
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dell'Aria
authors.forename: Robert J.
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mouzon