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[Role of electroshock therapy in puerperal mental disorders]
J M Vanelle1, O Bouvet, P Brochier
1Service Hospitalo-universitaire de Santé Mentale et de Thérapie, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris.
Annales Medico-Psychologiques
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
Ten cases of psychotic patients requiring electroconvulsivotherapy (ECT) are reported during pregnancy and puerperium. The interest and the safety of ECT are confirmed. ECT is principally indicated in severe cases and in typical or atypical mood disorders.