Electroconvulsive Therapy: Mechanisms of Action, Clinical Considerations, and Future Directions

D. Kritzer, Michael; V. Peterchev, Angel; A. Camprodon, Joan

doi:10.1097/hrp.0000000000000365

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Electroconvulsive Therapy: Mechanisms of Action, Clinical Considerations, and Future Directions

Published in Harvard Review of Psychiatry • May 1, 2023

Authors:

Michael D. Kritzer

Angel V. Peterchev

Joan A. Camprodon

Abstract

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: • Outline and discuss the fundamental physiologic, cellular, and molecular mechanisms of ECT to devise strategies to optimize therapeutic outcomes• Summarize the overview of ECT, its efficacy in treating depression, the known effects on cognition, evidence of mechanisms, and fut...

Subject

Electroconvulsive therapy

Catatonia

Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming)

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