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Changes in Mood, Appetite and Psychomotor Retardation in Depressed Patients Given ECT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

S. M. Browning  and
P. J. Cowen
S. M. Browning*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Research Unit, Littlemore Hospital, Littlemore, Oxford OX4 4XN
P. J. Cowen
Affiliation:
MRC Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and University Department of Psychiatry, Research Unit, Littlemore Hospital, Littlemore, Oxford OX4 4XN
*
Correspondence
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Extract

Clinical experience suggests that treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) produces an early improvement in psychomotor retardation. Warnings have been given of the increased risk of suicide when ECT-treated patients recover motor activity before their depressed mood is alleviated (Slater & Roth, 1977).

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 3 , September 1986 , pp. 371 - 373
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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Present address: Department of Mental Health, University of Bristol, 41 St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8DZ.

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