Electroconvulsive therapy for chronic pain associated with depression
- 1 June 1975
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 132 (6) , 632-636
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.6.632
Abstract
Electroconvuslive therapy alleviated the symptoms of four out of six patients suffering from chronic pain and from depression as measured by the Hamiliton Depression Rating Scale. All of the patients had been unsuccessfully treated with tricyclic antidepressant medication. The author suggests that ECT may be the treatment of choice for some patients with this combination of symptoms.Keywords
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