Does Gender Influence Electroconvulsive Therapy Sessions Required across Psychiatric Diagnoses? A 5-Year Experience from a Single Center

Does Gender Influence Electroconvulsive Therapy Sessions Required across Psychiatric Diagnoses? A 5-Year Experience from a Single Center

Context: There is a paucity of systematic data reflecting the practice of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) from developing countries. Aim: We aimed to identify the number of ECT sessions required to yield response and gender differences in the number of sessions across various diagnostic categories....

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Main Authors: Harshini Manohar, Karthick Subramanian, Vikas Menon, Shivanand Kattimani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
Subjects:
acute psychosis
bipolar disorder
electroconvulsive therapy
psychiatry
schizophrenia
treatment response
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_482_16

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