MINIMIZING ECT COGNITIVE SIDE EFFECTS: CURRENT CLINICAL REALITY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES (A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE WITH AUTHOR COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS) PART I (THEORETICAL)

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and highly effective method of treatment for the most severe psychiatric disorders, especially affective ones. But its clinical use is associated with cognitive side effects, which sometimes can be severe and disabling. This limits the efficacy of ECT and un...

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Main Authors: Yuriy Vitalevich Bykov, Roman Aleksandrovich Bekker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science and Innovation Center Publishing House 2016-10-01
Series:В мире научных открытий
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Online Access:http://journal-s.org/index.php/vmno/article/view/9448