TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Electroconvulsive Therapy
A1  - Lubinsky, Graham
A1  - Berrigan, Michael J. J.
A2  - Freeman, Brian S.
A2  - Berger, Jeffrey S.
PY  - 2016
T2  - Anesthesiology Core Review: Part Two Advanced Exam
AB  - Depression  is  diagnosed  in  14  million  Americans  every  year,  and  for  approximately  50%  of  these  new  diagnoses,  pharmacological  therapy  alone  does  not  need  to  cure.  Electroconvulsive  therapy  (ECT)  has  been  shown  to  be  more  effective  than  single  or  combination  pharmacotherapy  in  achieving  remissions  of  major  depression;  even  in  the  elderly  population,  which  is  known  to  be  more  refractory  to  medication-based  management,  up  to  50%  of  patients  will  have  improvement  with  ECT.  In  addition,  ECT  has  shown  improvement  in  patients  diagnosed  with  mania,  schizophrenia  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135743846
ER  -