title: Electroconvulsive therapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a chart review and evaluation of its potential therapeutic effects.
abstract: In a chart review of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) attending a university clinic, ECT was prescribed for five subjects (1.2%), only because of severe intervening manic (N=1) or depressive episodes (N=4). Although affective symptoms improved in four of the five patients, OCD symptoms remained unchanged (N=3) or transiently worsened (N=2).
authors.affiliation: From the Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrums Research Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (NML-M, LFF); Monash Clinical and Imaging Neuroscience Laboratory, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Monash Biomedical Imaging Facility, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (MY); D'Or Institute for Research and Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (FT-M, ECR, LFF); and Dept. of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro, Niterói, Brazil (LFF).
authors.forename: Natália M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Lins-Martins
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yücel
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tovar-Moll
authors.forename: Erika C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Leonardo F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Fontenelle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome