USMLE (Fach) / Psychiatry (Lektion)
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Electroconvulsive therapy
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Rapid-acting method to treat resistant or refractory depression, depression with psychotic symptoms, and acute suicidality.- Induces grand mal seizure while patient is anesthetized.
Adverse effects: disorientation, temporary headache, partial anterograde/retrograde amnesia usually resolving in 6 months.
- No absolute contraindications.- Safe in pregnany and elderly individuals.
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