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Catatonia. I. Rating scale and standardized examination
TLDR
It is concluded that catatonia is a distinct, moderately prevalent neuropsychiatric syndrome and the rating scale and screening instrument are reliable and valid.
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Catatonia in psychiatric classification: a home of its own.
  • M. Taylor, M. Fink
  • Psychology, Medicine
    The American journal of psychiatry
  • 1 July 2003
TLDR
These findings, which are consistent with established methods of defining distinct diagnostic groupings, support consideration of catatonia as an individual category in psychiatric diagnostic systems.
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Catatonia. II. Treatment with lorazepam and electroconvulsive therapy
TLDR
It is concluded that lorazepam and ECT are effective treatments for catatonia and the rating scale has predictive value and displays sensitivity to change in clinical status.
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Continuation electroconvulsive therapy vs pharmacotherapy for relapse prevention in major depression: a multisite study from the Consortium for Research in Electroconvulsive Therapy (CORE).
TLDR
Both C-ECT and C-Pharm were shown to be superior to a historical placebo control, but both had limited efficacy, with more than half of patients either experiencing disease relapse or dropping out of the study.
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Bifrontal, bitemporal and right unilateral electrode placement in ECT: randomised trial
TLDR
Bitemporal leads to more rapid symptom reduction and should be considered the preferred placement for urgent clinical situations and each electrode placement is a very effective antidepressant treatment when given with appropriate electrical dosing.
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ECT Remission Rates in Psychotic Versus Nonpsychotic Depressed Patients: A Report from CORE
TLDR
Bilateral ECT is effective in relieving severe major depression andRemission rates are higher and occur earlier in psychotic depressed patients than in nonpsychotic depressed patients, supporting the argument that psychotic depression is a distinguishable nosological entity that warrants separate treatment algorithms.
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Convulsive therapy : theory and practice
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Speed of response and remission in major depressive disorder with acute electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): a Consortium for Research in ECT (CORE) report.
TLDR
ECT was associated with rapid response and remission in a high percentage of patients and warrants early consideration in treatment algorithms for patients with MDD.
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Convulsive therapy: a review of the first 55 years.
  • M. Fink
  • Psychology, Medicine
    Journal of affective disorders
  • 1 March 2001
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Issues for DSM-5: whither melancholia? The case for its classification as a distinct mood disorder.
TLDR
Melancholia, a syndrome with a long history and distinctly specific psychopathological features, is inadequately differentiated from major depression by the DSM-IV specifier, and it deserves recognition as a separate identifiable mood disorder.
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