Convulsive threshold differences in right unilateral and bilateral ECT

• Published in: Biological psychiatry (1969) Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 606 - 611
• Main Authors: McCall, W.Vaughn, Shelp, Frank E., Weiner, Richard D., Austin, Shirley, Norris, Judy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.1993; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; age; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Bipolar Disorder - physiopathology; Bipolar Disorder - psychology; Bipolar Disorder - therapy; convulsive threshold; Depressive Disorder - physiopathology; Depressive Disorder - psychology; Depressive Disorder - therapy; Dominance, Cerebral - physiology; Electroconvulsive therapy; Electroconvulsive Therapy - methods; electrode placement; Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials - physiology; Female; Frontal Lobe - physiopathology; gender; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Schizophrenia - physiopathology; Schizophrenia - therapy; Schizophrenic Psychology; stimulus titration; Treatment Outcome; Treatments; convulsive threshold; stimulus titration; Electroconvulsive therapy; gender; age; electrode placement; Human; Psychosis; Mood disorder; Electrical stimulus; Sex; Mania; Schizophrenia; Depression; Stimulus intensity; Age; Comparative study

This study examines how the convulsive threshold in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) varies with electrode placement (bilateral [BL] versus right unilateral [RUL], age, gender, weight, and the nasion-inion measurements of the head. Method: Twenty-eight subjects underwent stimulus dose titration to de...