{"title":"Electroconvulsive therapy.","authors":"P Cephus, R F Collins, B L Callies","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has evolved into a useful treatment alternative for a select psychiatric patient population. With thorough knowledge of ECT and judicious candidate selection, positive therapeutic responses can be achieved with minimal risk of complications. ECT, in its state-of-the-art application, offers certain severely-ill psychiatric patients a treatment option that can provide immediate results.</p>","PeriodicalId":79709,"journal":{"name":"Physician assistant (American Academy of Physician Assistants)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physician assistant (American Academy of Physician Assistants)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has evolved into a useful treatment alternative for a select psychiatric patient population. With thorough knowledge of ECT and judicious candidate selection, positive therapeutic responses can be achieved with minimal risk of complications. ECT, in its state-of-the-art application, offers certain severely-ill psychiatric patients a treatment option that can provide immediate results.