Narcostimulation in Depressive States
J. S. NEKI M.B.B.S., D.P.M.1, and
BALDEV KISHORE M.B.B.S., D.P.M.2
1 Nigeria with the Federal Ministry of Health, Yaba Mental Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
2 Psychiatrist with the mental hospital, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Convulsive therapy is widely used in the treatment of depressive states; narcostimulation is a modified convulsive therapy which alternately produces narcosis and stimulation of the central nervous system. The authors used this method with 60 depressive patients in Amritsar, India, and achieved an over-all improvement rate of 68.3 percent, which compares favorably with other types of convulsive therapy.
