RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Electroconvulsive therapy: What the internist needs to know
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 679
OP 685
VO 74
IS 9
A1 Pandya, Mayur
A1 Pozuelo, Leopoldo
A1 Malone, Donald
YR 2007
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/9/679.abstract
AB Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is widely used to treat a number of psychiatric disorders, many physicians are still unfamiliar with the procedure, its indications, and its contraindications. This article is an internist’s guide to ECT, with particular focus on how commonly prescribed medications and medical conditions affect ECT.