EFFECT OF ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY ON WATER METABOLISM IN PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS

M. D. ALTSCHULE and K. J. TILLOTSONAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 105, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.11.829

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Changes in salt and water balance in patients given ECT are mediated by various mechanisms. Apparently increased secretion of 3-ketosteroids occurs in patients who show clinical benefit after shock; however, this is only a side reaction and is important only in pointing to the increased production of steroid hormones. That other effects of steroid hormones may be responsible for clinical improvement after shock therapy is suggested by available data. It is probable that the therapeutic effect of shock is reparative rather than destructive.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 105 • Number 11 • May 1949

Pages: 829 - 833

PubMed: 18118173

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Published in print: May 1949

Published online: 1 April 2006

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M. D. ALTSCHULE

The Clinical Services and the Laboratory of Clinical Physiology, McLean Hospital, Waverley, and the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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K. J. TILLOTSON

The Clinical Services and the Laboratory of Clinical Physiology, McLean Hospital, Waverley, and the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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EFFECT OF ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY ON WATER METABOLISM IN PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS

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