THE INTENSIVE ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY OF CHRONIC DISTURBED PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS
MERVYN SHOOR M. D.1, and
FREEMAN H. ADAMS M. D.2
1 Commander, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy, assigned to Langley Porter Clinic for residency training.
2 Director of Clinical Services, Stockton State Hospital.
1. Intensive electric shock treatment was tried on a large, chronic, disturbed psychotic women's ward over a 3-month period.
2. As a result restraint was reduced roughly 90%, seclusion roughly 66%, and sedation roughly 90%. Patients in general became better "ward citizens."
