NEWS AND VIEWS

-New York Times, May, 4, 2014 
-Health Guide. Electroconvulsive Therapy-Nursing 2014:  Observing electroconvulsive therapy
-John Hauser: An Overview of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), 2014
-Keith Ablow: Antidepressant ketamine may be more effective than electroconvulsive therapy, 2014
-Amy S.F. Lutz: Why I Got Electroconvulsive Therapy for My Autistic Son, April, 3, 2014
-Psychiatric Times: Electroconvulsive Therapy-2014 
-State Government of Victoria: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) 
-AVVENIRE, 26 febbraio' 14. Insieme siamo usciti vivi dal  BUIO
-Electro-shock therapy sees a resurgence
-Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy 7 Aprile 2014
The use of Ketamine as an anaesthetic during electroconvulsive therapy: Chief Investigator Prof Ian Reid
-The use of electroconvulsive Therapy in the elderly.
-Interventional Psychiatry: How Should Psychiatric Educators Incorporate Neuromodulation into Training?
-Lower Bispectral index values in psychiatric patients: A prospective, observational study
-A shock to the system: Electroconvulsive Therapy shows mood disorder-specific therapeutic benefits
-Safety and utility of acute electroconvulsive therapy for agitation and aggression in dementia
-The current status of transcranial direct current stimulation as a treatment for depression
-Gregory K: Fritz: Shock Therapy can help children. June 24, 2014

Hippocampal volume in relation to clinical and cognitiveoutcome after electroconvulsive therapy in depression, 2014
-Maintenance of recovery from severe psychotic depression following successful electroconvulsive therapy in an elderly patient with “natural support”
-Improving Relapse Prevention After Successful Electroconvulsive Therapy For Patients With Severe Depression: Completed Audit Cycle Involving 102 Full Electroconvulsive Therapy Courses in West Sussex, United Kingdom.
-Electroconvulsive Therapy and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: First Experience With Conversation-Based Reactivation of Traumatic Memory Contents and Subsequent ECT-Mediated Impairment of Reconsolidation
-Electroconvulsive Therapy for Catatonia in an 18-Year-Old Patient Presenting with Mixed Features of Schizophrenia and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder      
-Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Adolescent with Severe Major Depression and Anorexia Nervosa
Molecular Psychiatry: A functional MRI marker may predict the outcome of electroconvulsive therapy in severe and treatment-resistant depression.
-Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)Factsheet - Rethink
-The structure of the geriatric depressed brain and response to electroconvulsive therapy
.Electroconvulsive therapy as a treatment for protracted refractory delirium in the intensive care unit: Five cases and a review
-Continuation Antidepressant Strategies After Electroconvulsive Therapy: Ultrabrief Pulse Versus Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
-Differential Effect of Three Electrode Placements in Older vs Younger Patients with Severe Depression treated with Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
-Consider ECT for Treatment-Resistant Childhood Schizophrenia 
-Differential Effect of Three Electrode Placements in Older vs Younger Patients with Severe 
-Electroconvulsive Therapy in Children and Adolescents
-Hippocampal volume in relation to clinical and cognitive outcome after electroconvulsive therapy in depression
-Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy up to 12 years
-Relapse Following Successful Electroconvulsive Therapy dof Major Depression: A Meta-Analysis
-Patients' perspectives on electroconvulsive therapy: systematic review
-Contemporary use and practice of electroconvulsive therapy worldwide
-Improving Anesthetic Depth Assessment During Electroconvulsive Therapy with Bispectral Index Monitoring: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project Psychiatry Res.
-Speed of response to electroconvulsive therapy compared with ketamine. Catatonia in Outpatients
Speed of remission in elderly patients with depression: electroconvulsive therapy v. medication     

Clinical usefulness and economic implications of continuation/maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in a Spanish National Health System public hospital: A case series.

- Communications and Updates: Differential Effectiveness of Right Unilateral Versus Bilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy in Resistant Bipolar DepressionGeorgios D. Kotzalidis, M.D., Ph.D.; Isabella Pacchiarotti, M.D., Ph.D.; Chiara Rapinesi, M.D.; Andrea Murru, M.D., Ph.D.; Francesc Colom, Psy.D.; Eduard Vieta, M.D., Ph.D. 
-Efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy in the first trimester of pregnancy: a case of severe manic catatonia. Martina Pinna, Mirko Manchia ,Gianluca Pillai,Piergiorgio Salis andGian Paolo Minnai  Psychiatry Res. 2015 Jan 30;225(1-2):215. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.08.021.
-Speed of response to electroconvulsive therapy compared with ketamine.

Kellner CH¹; PRIDE Investigators Group, Lisanby SH², Weiner R², Prudic J², Rudorfer MV², Young RC², Petrides G², Vaughn McCall W², Husain M², Greenberg RM², Knapp RG².

-Women and depression: Making meaning and decisions about electroconvulsive therapy
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal Volume 22 Issue 9 (Apr 2015) Clarke, Karen-Ann1
-Speed of remission in elderly patients with depression: electroconvulsive therapy v. medication

Harm-Pieter Spaans, Pascal Sienaert, Filip Bouckaert, Julia F. van den Berg, Esmée Verwijk, King H. Kho, Max L. Stek, Rob M. Kok 5 January 2015
-Improving Anesthetic Depth Assessment During Electroconvulsive Therapy with Bispectral Index Monitoring: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project. Frank J. Titch, CRNA, DNP, Tracey Holsinger, MD, Charles Vacchiano

-General Hospital Psychiatry: Postpartum electroconvulsive therapy: A systematic review and case report. Florence Gressier, Samuel Rotenberg, Odile Cazas, Patrick Hardy.
-BMJ Open 2015;5: Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on cognitive functioning in patients with depression: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis: Carolina Oremus, Mark Oremus, Heather McNeely, Bruno Losier, Melissa Parlar, Matthew King, Gary Hasey, Gagan Fervaha, Allyson C Graham, Caitlin Gregory, Lindsay Hanford, Anthony Nazarov, Maria Restivo, Erica Tatham, Wanda Truong, Geoffrey B C Hall, Ruth Lanius12, Margaret McKinnon
-Reply to: Continuation antidepressant strategies after electroconvulsive therapy: ultrabrief pulse versus cognitive-behavioral therapy.Brakemeier EL, Merkl A, Wilbertz G, Quante A, Regen F, Bührsch N, Hall F, Kischkel E, Anghelescu I, Danker-Hopfe H, Heuser I Kathmann N, Bajbouj M. 
-Electroconvulsive Therapy in Belgium: A Questionnaire Study on the Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Flanders and the Brussels Capital Region: Erratum Electroconvulsive therapy-induced brain plasticity determines therapeutic outcome in mood disorders
-Efficacy of continuation and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (c/m ECT) in the treatment of patients with therapy-resistant affective disorders: a retrospective analysis
-Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy: Cost-effectiveness and Patient/Family Satisfaction.
-Acute Electroconvulsive Therapy Followed by Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy Decreases ---Hospital Re-Admission Rates of Older Patients With Severe Mental Illness
-Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy in Severe Bipolar Disorder: A Retrospective Chart Review.
-Effectiveness of Left Anterior Right Temporal Electrode Placement in Electroconvulsive Therapy: 3 Case Reports
-Clinical Challenges in Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy for Older Patients With Medical Comorbidity.

-Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy in Severe Bipolar Disorder: A Retrospective Chart Review.
-Electroconvulsive therapy: a life course approach for recurrent depressive disorder
-La t-DCS nella dipendenza da alcool e benzodiazepine

- Modulationof smoking and decision-making behaviors with transcranial direct currentstimulation in tobacco smokers: a preliminary study, 2014.

-Brain Stimul. 2016 Mar-Apr;9(2):191-6, 2015.

Transcranial Direct Current Brain StimulationIncreases Ability to Resist Smoking.

-Modulation of risk-taking in marijuana users by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC, 2010.
-Efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in reducing consumption in patients with alcohol use disorders: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
-Bilateral transcranial direct current stimulation over dorsolateral prefrontal cortex changes the drug-cued reactivity in the anterior cingulate cortex of crack-cocaine addicts.
-Modulation of Risky Choices in Recently Abstinent Dependent Cocaine Users: A Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation Study
-Prefrontal Cortex Stimulation as Treatment for Crack-cocaine Addiction-A randomized placebo-controlled trial of targeted prefrontal cortex modulation with bilateral tDCS in patients with crack-cocaine dependence

- Structural Plasticity of theHippocampus and Amygdala Induced by Electroconvulsive Therapy in MajorDepression

-Prediction of Individual Response toElectroconvulsive Therapy via Machine Learning on Structural Magnetic ResonanceImaging Data

-Impact of electroconvulsive therapy onmagnetoencephalographic correlates of dysfunctional emotional processing inmajor depression 

-The effect of adjuvant remifentanil withpropofol or thiopentone on seizure quality during electroconvulsive therapy.

-Pregnancyand Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Multidisciplinary Approach.

-http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hup.2531/abstract;jsessionid=8CAA8E4CA582508D72AD18D75BFC2554.f02t01?userIsAuthenticated=false&deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=Genetic mechanisms of electroconvulsive therapy response in depression

-Electroconvulsive treatment inParkinson's disease and psychosis: A case report