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Published Online: October 1950

NONCONVULSIVE ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY : Its place in the Treatement of Affective Disorders, with Notes on the Reciprocal Relationship of Anxiety and Depression

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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Convulsive treatment through frontal leads inhibits respiration temporarily; nonconvulsive treatment through frontal or temporopariental leads stimulates respiration.
Convulsive treatment through frontal leads relieves depression but reduces awareness for memory content and may enhance anxiety, while nonconvulsive treatment through temporoparietal leads relieves anxiety and restores awareness for memory content, but may enhance depression. By using both, it is possible to avoid the "untreatable" residual after electroshock treatment.

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American Journal of Psychiatry
Pages: 241 - 250
PubMed: 14771296

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Published in print: October 1950
Published online: 1 April 2006

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LEO ALEXANDER
Director, Neurobiologic Unit, Division of Psychiatric Research, Boston State Hospital; Instructor in Psychiatry, Tufts College Medical School.

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