The impact of neuroleptic medication on seizure threshold and duration in electroconvulsive therapy.

Introduction: In most patients diagnosed with psychotic depression or schizophrenia and treated with electroconvulsive therapy, parallelly administered antipsychotic medication cannot be stopped. Antipsychotic drugs can influence both seizure threshold and seizure activity in different ways.

Patients And Method: The present study processes the data of 77 patients treated parallelly with electroconvulsive therapy and antipsychotic drugs.

Rates of electroconvulsive therapy use in Hungary in 2002.

Objective: In Hungary there has been no systematic evaluation of ECT use since 1992. Nine years ago, the legal regulation of ECT practice changed. Since 1994, the collaboration of a specialist in anesthesiology is a legal obligation.