在1944年至1949年期间,新南威尔士州使用电治疗
Brian Draper1, Chanaka Wijeratne1
1Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of NSW, Sydney, AU -NSW, Australia.
概括
20世纪中叶的电疗法 (ECT) 在新南威尔士州被用于比今天更广泛的疾病. 虽然患者人口统计和死亡率保持相似,但在此期间,ECT治疗的康复率下降.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 医学史 医学史 医学史
背景情况:
- 电疗法 (ECT) 是一种最常用于患有严重严重抑郁症或其他某些心理健康状况的患者的医疗程序.
- 关于ECT应用和结果的历史数据为不断发展的精神病治疗实践提供了宝贵的见解.
研究的目的:
- 确定与1944年至1949年期间在新南威尔士州 (NSW) 使用电疗法 (ECT) 相关的临床和人口因素.
- 为了比较20世纪中叶的ECT实践与当代精神病治疗.
主要方法:
- 分析新南威尔士州精神病医院总监年度报告.
- 数据收集涵盖了1944/45年至1948/49年期间,包括七家医院和8964所报告的ECT课程.
主要成果:
- 女性占接受ECT的患者的60.6%;农村医院占治疗的13.6%.
- 对于情感性精神病 (35.0%),非情感性精神病 (37.7%),混乱状态和非精神病障碍,进行了ECT治疗.
- 与非情感性精神病相比,抑郁,焦虑和混乱状态的结果更好,在研究期间,康复率明显下降. 死亡率不到1%.
结论:
- 20世纪中叶新南威尔士州对ECT的临床适用性比目前的实践要广泛得多.
- 接受ECT的患者的性别比例和报告的死亡率随着时间的推移而保持一致.
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