|Articles|June 4, 2013

Mini-quiz: ECT Techniques

What may be a way to increase the effectiveness of right unilateral electrode placement without increasing cognitive adverse effects?

What may be a way to increase the effectiveness of right unilateral electrode placement without increasing cognitive adverse effects? Take the quiz, below, and test your knowledge.

 

For the answer, please click here.

Answer: A. Ultrabrief pulse at suprathreshold stimulation

For more on this topic, please see "Refinements in ECT Techniques," by Karon Dawkins, MD, from which this quiz was adapted.

 

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