Electroconvulsive Therapy
"Electroconvulsive Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Electrically induced CONVULSIONS primarily used in the treatment of severe AFFECTIVE DISORDERS and SCHIZOPHRENIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D004565
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F04.570.200.583 F04.669.224.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Electroconvulsive Therapy- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Electroconvulsive Therapies
- Therapies, Electroconvulsive
- Therapy, Electroconvulsive
- Electroshock Therapy
- Electroshock Therapies
- Therapies, Electroshock
- Therapy, Electroshock
- Convulsive Therapy, Electric
- Convulsive Therapies, Electric
- Electric Convulsive Therapies
- Electric Convulsive Therapy
- Therapies, Electric Convulsive
- Therapy, Electric Convulsive
- Shock Therapy, Electric
- Electric Shock Therapies
- Electric Shock Therapy
- Shock Therapies, Electric
- Therapies, Electric Shock
- Therapy, Electric Shock
- ECT (Psychotherapy)
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Electroconvulsive Therapy" by people in Profiles.
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Comparing the Cognitive Effects of Repeated Intravenous Ketamine and Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Secondary Analysis of the ELEKT-D Trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2025 Sep 03; 86(4).
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Comparing the effects of ECT and intravenous ketamine in psychiatric patients with major depressive episodes. J Affect Disord. 2025 Nov 15; 389:119727.
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Patient preference effects in a randomized comparative effectiveness study of electroconvulsive therapy and ketamine for treatment resistant depression: An ELEKT-D trial secondary analysis. Psychiatry Res. 2025 May; 347:116411.
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Interventional approaches to treatment resistant depression (DTR) in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Affect Disord. 2024 Dec 15; 367:519-529.
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Atrial Fibrillation Following Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Systematic Review and Case Report. J ECT. 2024 12 01; 40(4):240-244.
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Ketamine vs Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 06 03; 7(6):e2417786.
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Comparison of microRNA expression levels in patients with schizophrenia before and after electroconvulsive therapy. Psychiatr Genet. 2024 Aug 01; 34(4):79-85.
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Choosing Between Ketamine and Electroconvulsive Therapy for Outpatients With Treatment-Resistant Depression-Advantage Ketamine? JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 12 01; 80(12):1187-1188.
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Todd Paralysis After Electroconvulsive Therapy-Letter to the Editor. J ECT. 2024 03 01; 40(1):63-64.
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Ketamine versus ECT for Nonpsychotic Treatment-Resistant Major Depression. N Engl J Med. 2023 06 22; 388(25):2315-2325.