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Depressive Psychosis Learning Center

Treatments could include:
Treatment usually involves antidepressant and antipsychotic medication. Patients sometimes take antipsychotics briefly. Electroconvulsive therapy is very effective for this condition, but it is generally used after medication.
Source:ADAM
Date:January 15, 2009
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a medical treatment for severe mental illness in which a small, carefully controlled amount of electricity is introduced into the brain. This electrical stimulation, used in conjunction with anesthesia and muscle...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Electroconvulsive therapy is a treatment for depression that uses electricity to trigger a seizure.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 24, 2008
Eating disorders see Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa EEG see Electroencephalography Effexor see Venlafaxine Elavil see Amitriptyline
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
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