Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Treatment- Resistant Psychiatric Disorder- An Interventional Study from Jammu and Kashmir, North India
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a biological therapy where seizures are induced under medical supervision by passing electric current across the scalp. Despite its unparalleled record of safety and efficacy, it is regarded as controversial treatment due to frequent misrepresentations of ECT in the media, and distorted information about ECT which was conveyed to public by various peoples having social and political agendas. Objective: To study the efficacy of ECT in the treatment resistant psychiatric disorders. Materials and Methods: This study which was prospective and interventional was conducted over a period of 1 year and 2 months on 56 psychiatric patients who were given ECT following treatment resistance. The patients were assessed by clinical global impression (efficacy subscale) 1 day after last ECT, at 3 months follow-up, and at 6-month follow-up. Results: The P value of comparison of efficacy index between end of ECT course, at 3 and 6 months follow-up is ≤0.0001 which is highly significant as 50% of the studied patients attained score 1 on efficacy index at 3 months after ECT as compared to 12% at the end of ECT course and 39.5% at 6 months after ECT course. Conclusion: ECT is very effective in treatment resistant psychiatric and its efficacy increases on follow-ups
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Rameshwar S Manhas, Mohammad Maqbool Dar, Angli Manhas, Gaurav S Manhas
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