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THE INTENSIVE ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY OF CHRONIC DISTURBED PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS
Published Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.4.279
Abstract
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."
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