TY - JOUR
T1 - Electroconvulsive therapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a chart review and evaluation of its potential therapeutic effects
AU - Lins-Martins, Natalia M
AU - Yucel, Murat
AU - Tovar-Moll, Fernanda
AU - Rodrigues, Erika de Carvalho
AU - Fontenelle, Leonardo F
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In a chart review of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) attending a university clinic, ECT was prescribed for five subjects (1.2 ), only because of severe intervening manic (N=1) or depressive episodes (N=4). Although affective symptoms improved in four of the five patients, OCD symptoms remained unchanged (N=3) or transiently worsened (N=2).
AB - In a chart review of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) attending a university clinic, ECT was prescribed for five subjects (1.2 ), only because of severe intervening manic (N=1) or depressive episodes (N=4). Although affective symptoms improved in four of the five patients, OCD symptoms remained unchanged (N=3) or transiently worsened (N=2).
UR - http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13080184
U2 - 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13080184
DO - 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13080184
M3 - Article
SN - 0895-0172
VL - 27
SP - 65
EP - 68
JO - The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
JF - The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
IS - 1
ER -