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The Clinical Evaluation of Unilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Raymond Levy∗
Raymond Levy∗*
Affiliation:
Academic Unit of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, W.1
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Electroconvulsive therapy (E.C.T.), first introduced in 1937, rapidly became accepted as playing an important part in the treatment of depression. Since its introduction, there have been few modifications of the technique that have stood the test of time. The most important has been the use of muscular relaxants to modify the convulsion. Most recent advances have been directed towards the development of reliable criteria for the selection of patients most likely to respond to treatment, but little attention has been paid to improvements in the method of treatment as such.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 114 , Issue 509 , April 1968 , pp. 459 - 463
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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