Top

Published in:

01-02-2021 | Electroconvulsive Therapy | Letter to the Editor

Reply to the likeliness of 0.5 and 1.0 ms stimuli in bilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Authors: Aida de Arriba-Arnau, Virginia Soria, Mikel Urretavizcaya

Excerpt

To the Editor, …

de Arriba-Arnau A, Soria V, Salvat-Pujol N, Menchón JM, Urretavizcaya M (2019) Similar clinical improvement of depression using 0.5-ms and 1-ms pulse widths in bilateral electroconvulsive therapy. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-019-01089-8CrossRefPubMed

Niemantsverdriet L, Birkenhäger TK, van den Broek WW (2011) The efficacy of ultrabrief-pulse (0.25 millisecond) versus brief-pulse (0.50 millisecond) bilateral electroconvulsive therapy in major depression. J ECT 27:55–58. https://doi.org/10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181da8412CrossRefPubMed

Sackeim HA, Prudic J, Nobler MS et al (2008) Effects of pulse width and electrode placement on the efficacy and cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy. Brain Stimul 1:71–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2008.03.001CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Title: Reply to the likeliness of 0.5 and 1.0 ms stimuli in bilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Authors: Aida de Arriba-Arnau
Virginia Soria
Mikel Urretavizcaya
Publication date: 01-02-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Electroconvulsive Therapy
Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0940-1334
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8491
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-020-01192-1