Electroencephalographic Seizure Duration in Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Clinical Study.

Convuls Ther

Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, and Villa Serena Medical Center, Citta S. Angelo, Pescara, Italy.

Published: January 1992

Electroencephalographic estimates of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-induced seizure duration were obtained in 141 patients with major depression (n = 41) or schizophrenia (n = 100). A slight reduction in seizure duration across a course of ECT failed to reach statistical significance and was unrelated to clinical improvement.

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