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Review Articles • Rev. psiquiatr. Rio Gd. Sul 27 (3) • Dec 2005 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81082005000300009 linkcopy

Open-access Evidence of the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy in the psychiatric practice

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    The electroconvulsive therapy is a biological treatment not widely used in the psychiatric practice. A number of factors contribute to resistance concerning this method. The goal of the present article is to provide scientific support to the use of electroconvulsive therapy by showing its effectiveness, indications, contraindications and adverse effects. Such factors were searched in the major randomized clinical trials and meta-analyses available in the current medical literature on the subject (PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane).

    ECT; electroconvulsive therapy; electroconvulsive shock; indications; systematic review

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