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Electro-Convulsive Therapy in the Treatment of Bizarre Psychogenic Movements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Guy Edwards
J. Guy Edwards*
Affiliation:
Knowle Hospital, Fareham, Hants; Department of Psychological Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London
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Extract

There is considerable disagreement in the literature and in clinical practice on the value of electro-convulsive therapy (E.C.T.) in hysteria. The case to be described adds support to those who believe that E.C.T. has a part to play in carefully selected cases of hysteria that have proven resistant to more orthodox lines of treatment.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 526 , September 1969 , pp. 1065 - 1067
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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