RESULTS OF FOUR YEARS ACTIVE THERAPY FOR CHRONIC MENTAL PATIENTS AND THE VALUE OF AN INDIVIDUAL MAINTENANCE DOSE OF ECT
Abstract
This paper reports:
a. The results of 4 years active therapy on custodial wards with geriatric female patients.
b. The benefit and limitation of tranquillizing drugs.
c. The value of ECT as "surgery" in psychiatry.
d. The importance of establishing a maintenance dose of ECT for each individual patient.
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