What is ECT and how does it work? While ECT can be done in the outpatient setting, many treatment centers will start ECT with your child admitted to the hospital. During ECT, the brain …

2025年2月10日 · ECT is highly effective in adults, often providing rapid symptom relief when medications and therapy prove insufficient. Although ECT is less frequently used in children, it …

This brief article reviewed some of the most important ethical tenets involved with ECT administration in children and adolescents. These standards are important in the pre-treatment …

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an evidence-based treatment in young people, with more than 80 years of clinical utilization [1] and clinical guidelines recommending its use in severe …

In this Perspectives, we discuss the current clinical indications for ECT in managing mood and psychotic disorders in children and adolescents. We then review the pretreatment evaluation …

2024年1月9日 · Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is regarded as one of the most effective treatment options for various psychiatric disorders. However, its use in the pediatric population …

2021年9月1日 · We present an overview of evidence for ECT in children and adolescents with mood disorders, catatonia, schizophrenia, intellectual disability, self-injurious behavior, and …

2 天之前 · Recent use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in adolescents and children reflects a greater tolerance for biological approaches to the problems of the young. At a 1994 …

In this article, we review the use of ECT in the adolescent population; its indications, administration, contraindications and risks, with emphasis on articles published after the …

2013年12月1日 · Psychiatry now generally accepts that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is effective and necessary in adults with serious depression and other illnesses who do not …