ANTIDEPRESSANT EFFECTS OF HIGH-DOSE RIGHT UNILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE-THERAPY

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ABRAMS, R
SWARTZ, CM
VEDAK, C
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[1] UNIV HLTH SCI CHICAGO MED SCH,DEPT PSYCHOL,N CHICAGO,IL 60064
[2] UNIV HLTH SCI CHICAGO MED SCH,DEPT PHARMACOL,N CHICAGO,IL 60064
[3] VET ADM MED CTR,N CHICAGO,IL 60064
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In a random-assignment, double-blind, controlled comparison in 38 melancholic men, overall antidepressant potency of high-dose electroconvulsive therapy (378-mC charge) given with right unilateral electrode placement was not significantly different from that with bilateral placement, although there was a trend for faster improvement with bilateral ECT. The suprathreshold character of the stimulus, about 2.5 times the expected seizure threshold, may have contributed to the high efficacy of brief-pulse right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy found in this study.
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