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Chapter 3 - ECT in the Treatment of Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2019

By
I Nicol Ferrier
Edited by
I. Nicol Ferrier  and
Jonathan Waite
I. Nicol Ferrier
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Jonathan Waite
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
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Summary

Depression remains the most frequent disorder for which ECT is required. This chapter summarises the evidence for the efficacy of ECT in depression and discusses its use in the clinical management of unipolar depression. Current NICE Guidelines for the use of ECT in depression are to be found in Chapter 1.

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The ECT Handbook , pp. 24 - 31
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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