Changes in Mood, Appetite and Psychomotor Retardation in Depressed Patients Given ECT
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 149 (3) , 371-373
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.149.3.371
Abstract
Clinical experience suggests that treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) produces an early improvement in psychomotor retardation. Warnings have been given of the increased risk of suicide when ECT-treated patients recover motor activity before their depressed mood is alleviated (Slater & Roth, 1977).Keywords
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