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Electroconvulsive Therapy For Adolescents

This paper looks at the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in adolescents with severe mood disorders. The paper begins with a short introduction, followed by an Executive Summary, which is repeated again later in the paper in an expanded form after the literature review, in a version which is about half as long again as the executive summary. The Executive Summary does not seem to be much of a summary, being as long as it is, and seems superfluous since it is hardly any shorter than the full body of the paper which follows (1521-1527). It begins with indications for ECT, which are a combination of the diagnosis, the severity of symptoms, and their lack of response to other forms of treatment (1522). Contraindications are then noted briefly, and assessment of the patient described. This involves a psychiatric evaluation; a review of past treatments; a physical examination with laboratory tests; cognitive assessment of the patient; gaining the informed consent of the adolescent and parents after educating them regarding the procedure; getting a second opinion; and maintaining supportive treatment during the course of ETC (1523). Next the ECT procedure is described, including the anesthesia used, the administration of the ECT, using unilateral electrode application to the nondominant hemisphere, patient monitoring, patient management after the ECT procedure, and any possible adverse effects which may be expected (1523-1524).

Next comes the literature review, which first talks about the early ECT studies briefly, and then discusses some of the more recent studies (1524-1527). A look at ECT use and its results around the world follows, but is covered in only one paragraph for adolescents and one paragraph for adults. The paper then gives the views of patients and their parents to the treatment, all of them being favorable except those in whom treatment failed. It is hard to believe there were no adverse effects in any of...

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Electroconvulsive Therapy For Adolescents. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 10:57, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1701940.html