Posted by OldSchool on January 9, 2002, at 9:24:46
In reply to Re: maintenance with ECT » bob, posted by IsoM on January 9, 2002, at 0:38:58
> Dr. Harris (can't remember his first name, sorry) associated with the UBC hospital psychiatric ward, Vancouver, BC told me of a patient that came in once of month for ECT. He didn't elaborate except to say the man didn't respond to any medication & this was the only way to keep him functional. Apparently, he lived an otherwise normal life.
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This is more common than youd think actually. When I used the services of Duke psychiatry, I was told that the Duke ECT unit has quite a few patients who came into Duke once a month to get shocked to keep them in remission. I was told at Duke that ECT produces the most dramatic results of any treatment available and that there was a small subgroup of patients who used this once a month shock treatment and were VERY enthusiastic about it.
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