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Successful ECT treatment after relapse during VNS therapy
Journal Contribution - Journal Article
We present a case of a patient with severe treatment resistant depression who relapsed while being treated with vagus nerve stimulation. We describe that he was safely treated with unilateral ECT concomitantly with the VNS.
Journal: Psychiatr. Danub.
ISSN: 0353-5053
Issue: Suppl 1
Volume: 22
Pages: S166-S166
Publication year:2010
Keywords:Antidepressive Agents, Combined Modality Therapy, Depressive Disorder, Major, Drug Resistance, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Humans, Recurrence, Retreatment, Suicide, Treatment Outcome, Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Psychiatry & neurology