ECT: The Very Latest
The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Volume 2, Number 1, January 2004
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/tcprv2n1/
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Topics: Antidepressants
Daniel Carlat, MD
Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Whether you do ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) or not, and research indicates that less than 8% of you actually perform it (Hermann et al, Am J Psychiatry 1998; 155:889-894), you need to know about it, because you will have to decide when to refer your treatment-resistant patients for it, and you will have to know what to say to them about it as they pepper you with a multitude of questions, as they always do (and should).
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