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Convulsive Therapy

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Grundlagen und Methoden der Psychiatrie

Part of the book series: Psychiatrie der Gegenwart ((2019,volume 1 / 2))

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The use of convulsive therapy (CT) has decreased in the last 10–20 years (Flåtten, 1975; Aperia et al., 1976; Clare, 1976; D’Elia and Fredriksen, 1979). This may be the result of several factors combined: increasing supply of psychotropic drugs, more rational use of such drugs due to increased knowledge of their dynamics and kinetics, increased use of prophylaxis with lithium salts, and possibly negative attitudes to CT in mass media and public opinion. The use of ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) has become ever more restricted to severe depression for which no equivalent alternative has been proposed (Strömgren, 1977b; APA Task Force, 1978). In 1975, 4% of Swedish psychiatric inpatients received ECT (D’Elia and Fredriksen, 1978).

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