Gassy J E, Rey J M
Rivendell Child Adolescent and Family Service, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Concord, NSW.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1990 Sep;24(3):385-90. doi: 10.3109/00048679009077707.
A review of the 2,256 admissions to a general hospital psychiatry unit between April 1982 and December 1987 showed that 129 (6%) had been treated with electro-convulsive therapy (ECT); 91% of these had a diagnosis of mood disorder. Most patients were taking concurrent psychotropic medication and received an average of 9 treatments per course of ECT. Men and patients taking benzodiazepines had shorter convulsions. However, there were no differences in seizure length and number of treatments between younger and older patients and between those taking and not taking tricyclic antidepressants.
一项对1982年4月至1987年12月期间一家综合医院精神科2256例住院病例的回顾显示，129例（6%）接受了电休克治疗（ECT）；其中91%被诊断为心境障碍。大多数患者同时服用精神药物，每次ECT疗程平均接受9次治疗。男性和服用苯二氮䓬类药物的患者抽搐时间较短。然而，年轻患者与老年患者之间，以及服用和未服用三环类抗抑郁药的患者之间，抽搐时间和治疗次数并无差异。
