A Comparison of Desoxyephedrine (Methedrine), and Electroshock in the Treatment of Depression

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1950 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:Journal of Mental Science, volume 96, pages 1,037-1,042 (issn: 0368-315X, eissn: 2514-9946,

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Authors: A B, MONRO; H, CONIZER;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.96.405.1037

pmid: 14804040

A Comparison of Desoxyephedrine (Methedrine), and Electroshock in the Treatment of Depression

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Abstract

Early in 1950 we treated 34 depressed patients with desoxyephedrine, in an attempt to discover whether it is comparable in efficiency to electroshock in the treatment of depression in a substantial proportion of cases. We originally intended to treat approximately 100 consecutive depressed patients admitted to hospital, and to compare the results with those obtained in the previous 200 consecutive depressions treated by electroshock. The results, however, caused us to stop the experiment at a much earlier stage.

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Depressive Disorder, Electroshock, Depression, Humans, Methamphetamine

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