Book contents
- The ECT Handbook
- The ECT Handbook
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Place of ECT and Related Treatments in Contemporary UK Psychiatry
- Chapter 2 Mechanism of Action of ECT
- Chapter 3 ECT in the Treatment of Depression
- Chapter 4 ECT in Mania (and Mixed States)
- Chapter 5 Electroconvulsive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder Depression
- Chapter 6 ECT in Older Adults
- Chapter 7 ECT in People with an Intellectual Disability
- Chapter 8 ECT in Pregnancy and Postnatally
- Chapter 9 Electroconvulsive Therapy in Children and Adolescents
- Chapter 10 The Use of ECT in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
- Chapter 11 The Use of ECT in the Treatment of Catatonia
- Chapter 12 ECT in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 13 Cognitive Side-Effects of ECT
- Chapter 14 Non-cognitive Adverse Effects of ECT
- Chapter 15 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Chapter 16 Neurosurgery for Mental Disorder
- Chapter 17 Ketamine for Psychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 18 The ECT Accreditation Service (ECTAS)
- Chapter 19 The Scottish ECT Accreditation Network (SEAN)
- Chapter 20 Medical Training for Psychiatrists in ECT
- Chapter 21 Nursing Care of the Patient Receiving ECT and the Roles of the ECT Nurse
- Chapter 22 Practical Aspects of ECT
- Chapter 23 Anaesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Chapter 24 Dental Issues Related to ECT
- Chapter 25 Interactions between ECT and Prescribed Medication
- Chapter 26 Seizure Monitoring in ECT
- Chapter 27 Safe ECT Practice in People with a Physical Illness
- Chapter 28 Capacity, Consent and the Law
- Chapter 29 Patients’, Carers’ and the Public’s Perspectives on ECT and Related Treatments
- Index
- References
Chapter 2 - Mechanism of Action of ECT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 June 2019
- The ECT Handbook
- The ECT Handbook
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Place of ECT and Related Treatments in Contemporary UK Psychiatry
- Chapter 2 Mechanism of Action of ECT
- Chapter 3 ECT in the Treatment of Depression
- Chapter 4 ECT in Mania (and Mixed States)
- Chapter 5 Electroconvulsive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder Depression
- Chapter 6 ECT in Older Adults
- Chapter 7 ECT in People with an Intellectual Disability
- Chapter 8 ECT in Pregnancy and Postnatally
- Chapter 9 Electroconvulsive Therapy in Children and Adolescents
- Chapter 10 The Use of ECT in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
- Chapter 11 The Use of ECT in the Treatment of Catatonia
- Chapter 12 ECT in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 13 Cognitive Side-Effects of ECT
- Chapter 14 Non-cognitive Adverse Effects of ECT
- Chapter 15 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Chapter 16 Neurosurgery for Mental Disorder
- Chapter 17 Ketamine for Psychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 18 The ECT Accreditation Service (ECTAS)
- Chapter 19 The Scottish ECT Accreditation Network (SEAN)
- Chapter 20 Medical Training for Psychiatrists in ECT
- Chapter 21 Nursing Care of the Patient Receiving ECT and the Roles of the ECT Nurse
- Chapter 22 Practical Aspects of ECT
- Chapter 23 Anaesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Chapter 24 Dental Issues Related to ECT
- Chapter 25 Interactions between ECT and Prescribed Medication
- Chapter 26 Seizure Monitoring in ECT
- Chapter 27 Safe ECT Practice in People with a Physical Illness
- Chapter 28 Capacity, Consent and the Law
- Chapter 29 Patients’, Carers’ and the Public’s Perspectives on ECT and Related Treatments
- Index
- References
Summary
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) possesses several key therapeutic actions, having antidepressant, anti-manic and antipsychotic effects. The adverse effects of ECT, particularly loss of autobiographical memories, are also of great clinical importance. Whether the same ‘mechanism’ underpins all these properties is unknown. Most information about the mechanistic effects of ECT has been obtained in relation to the treatment of depression and the current review will focus on this area.
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