생물정신의학 (Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry)
- 제15권2호
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- Pages.75-82
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- 2008
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- 1225-8709(pISSN)
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- 2005-7571(eISSN)
주요우울장애에서의 전기경련요법
Electroconvulsive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder
- Lee, Hwa-Young (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
- Kang, Rhee-Hun (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
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Lee, Min-Soo
(Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University)
- 발행 : 2008.05.31
초록
Major depressive disorder(MDD) is one of the most common diseases with serious health consequences such as increased morbidity, disability, and mortality. Electroconvulsive therapy(ECT) has been used as a treatment for mental disorder since the 1930s. A growing number of recent publications support the conclusions that ECT is an effective and safe treatment for depressed patients. Dosing strategies, frequency, safety, side effects and efficacy of ECT in MDD will be considered. ECT may be an alternative to treatment with antidepressants.