scholarly journals Atrioventricular Dissociation after Electroconvulsive Therapy

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Siegfried William Yu ◽  
Srikanth Vallurupalli ◽  
Jennifer Arnoldi ◽  
Richard Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Pacemaker Implantation ◽  
Medical Complications ◽  
Device Therapy ◽  
Cardiac Effects ◽  
Atrioventricular Dissociation ◽  
Av Dissociation

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is increasingly used as a treatment for psychiatric disorders. Cardiac effects are the principal cause of medical complications in these patients. We report a case of atrioventricular (AV) dissociation that occurred after ECT that was treated with pacemaker implantation. The mechanisms contributing to the onset of AV dissociation in this patient, and the management and rationale for device therapy, in light of the most recent guidelines, are reviewed.

Psychiatric disorders and drugs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidan O’Donnell
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Monoamine Oxidase ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Antipsychotic Drugs ◽  
Anaesthetic Management ◽  
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors ◽  
Anaesthetic Practice

This chapter describes the anaesthetic management of the patient with those psychiatric disorders which are relevant to anaesthetic practice, including dementia, alcoholism, and anorexia nervosa. Psychiatric medications which can affect anaesthetic practice are described, including monoamine oxidase inhibitors, antipsychotic drugs, and lithium. Anaesthesia for drug-misusing patients and electroconvulsive therapy is described. Sedation of agitated patients on the ward is discussed.

Effect of electroconvulsive therapy on patients hearing under treatment with ECT in Moradi hospital of Rafsanjan

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1723-1723
Author(s):  
A. Goshiri ◽  
M.R. Mokhtari ◽  
P. Aghamohammad Hassani ◽  
A. Sayyadi
Keyword(s):  
Major Depression ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Temporal Bone ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Electroconvulsive Shock ◽  
Delayed Effects ◽  
Early Effects ◽  
Temporal Bones ◽  
Hearing System

BackgroundElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is widely and effectively used to treat psychiatric disorders. When electrodes are placed on both sides of the head on temporal bones it is unclear whether ECT affect on hearing system because hearing system situated in temporal lobe. Whereas these electrodes are placed on temporal bone and hearing system in TEMPORAL LOBE this study was designed.MethodsWe studied the effects of electroconvulsive shock on hearing system. Audiometric tests were performed in 15 adult patients with major depression under treatment with ECT before and 24 h after ECT.ResultsHearing was decreased at 24 hours after ECT about 5 db. Right ear was affected more and the most changes were observed at 8000 khz.ConclusionsIt appears that electroconvulsive shock has early effects on hearing system. Further studies should be performed with more cases and Delayed effects should be investigated.

Effect of (electroconvulsive therapy) on patients hearing under treatment with ECT in Moradi hospital

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1210-1210
Author(s):  
A. Golshiri ◽  
P. Aghamohammad Hassani ◽  
A. Sayyadi ◽  
M. Mokhtari
Keyword(s):  
Major Depression ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Temporal Bone ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Electroconvulsive Shock ◽  
Delayed Effects ◽  
Early Effects ◽  
Temporal Bones ◽  
Hearing System

BackgroundElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is widely and effectively used to treat psychiatric disorders. When electrodes are placed on both sides of the head on temporal bones it is unclear whether ECT affect on hearing system because hearing system situated in temporal lobe. Whereas these electrodes are placed on temporal bone and hearing system in TEMPORAL LOBE this study was designed.MethodsWe studied the effects of electroconvulsive shock on hearing system. Audiometric tests were performed in 15 adult patients with major depression under treatment with ECT before and 24h after ECT.ResultsHearing was decreased at 24 hours after ECT about 5 db. Right ear was affected more and the most changes were observed at 8000 khz.ConclusionsIt appears that electroconvulsive shock has early effects on hearing system. Further studies should be performed with more cases and Delayed effects should be investigated.

Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvinder Singh ◽  
Miyun Kang ◽  
Sarah de Asis ◽  
Rajiv Radhakrishnan ◽  
Rajesh R. Tampi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagal Nerve ◽  
Vagal Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Mood Stabilizers ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups

In this chapter the treatment of psychiatric disorders are reviewed including antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antianxiety agents, antipsychotics, psychostimulants, hypnotics, sedatives, electroconvulsive therapy, vagal nerve stimulation, psychotherapy, repetitive transcranial nerve stimulation (rTMS), vagal nerve stimulation and self-help groups

From the Madhouse to the Docu-Museum

Nuncius ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Sirgiovanni ◽  
Alessandro Aruta
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Mental Diseases ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1960S

Abstract The first electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) device for the treatment of psychiatric disorders was introduced in 1938 by Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini, two neuropsychiatrists at the Clinic for Nervous and Mental Diseases, La Sapienza University (Rome). No trace of what became of this device after its use at the clinic can be found until the 1960s, when it appears in a silent black-and-white video dedicated to the university’s recently rehoused and completely renovated Museum of the History of Medicine (MHM), where Cerletti’s original prototype is on display today. However, there is no record of the circumstances under which the electroshock apparatus prototype was transferred from the Clinic of Neuropsychiatry to the museum. Our investigation of this intriguing mystery has uncovered a number of pertinent details that allow us to view the history of the ECT device in a new light. It also emerges that Adalberto Pazzini, the founder of the MHM, played a larger role than was previously thought in this story.

Use of electroconvulsive therapy in young people

1999 ◽  
Vol 175 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Duffett ◽  
Peter Hill ◽  
Paul Lelliott
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
The Uk

BackgroundElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a controversial treatment for psychiatric disorders, particularly when it is administered to young people.AimsTo assess how frequently ECT is administered to people under the age of 18 years in the UK, and why it is given.MethodElectroconvulsive therapy clinics, private hospitals, adolescent units and UK members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists were surveyed to ask if they were aware of ECT being administered during 1996 to a young person under the age of 18 years. Consultants identified as having prescribed ECT were sent a follow-up questionnaire.ResultsTwelve young people were identified as having received ECT; three were aged 15 years or younger and eight were female. Nine patients were rated as improved following ECT. The indications for its use were similar to those for adults.ConclusionsElectroconvulsive therapy is rarely administered to young people in the UK.

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