Health Condition 1: F01-F99- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Maulana azad medical college
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients with catatonia, mania, depression and schizophrenia (diagnosed by ICD-10 criteria) who are planned for MECT (for refusal of food, severely violent or suicidal intention, poor response to medicines and other treatment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with a history of epilepsy either current/remote with/ without medications 2. Pregnancy (to be ruled out with urinary pregnancy test) 3. Those that are on drugs which can modify seizure potential other than psychotropic (e.g. amphetamines, aminophylline, isoniazid, cocaine, tramadol and diphenhydramine) 4. Past history of significant major/ minor head injury as defined in Minor Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) Working Group of American Academy of Neurology. 5. Those are not fit for MECT in terms of anaesthesia (e.g. allergic to aesthetic agents) or other medical causes (e.g. recent spine injury, dislocation of joints, brain tumour with increased ICT, recent CVA, MI).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To find out the average seizure threshold (ST) to achieve clinically optimal seizure for duration of more than 25 seconds in patients receiving MECTTimepoint: at baseline | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To study the attitude to MECT among patients and/ or family members & their rate of acceptanceTimepoint: at baseline;To study the effect of MECT in clinical outcome in patients of catatonia, mania, depression & schizophreniaTimepoint: at baseline;To study the rate & reason for discontinuation of MECT in our patients.Timepoint: at baseline;To study the side effect profile of MECTTimepoint: at baseline | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactPartha Sarathi Biswas
Maulana azadmedical college
Outcome results
None listed