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ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT AND THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT AND THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE Abstract DISTURBANCES in the menstrual cycle are frequent concomitants of electric shock therapy. Since menstruation is an outward manifestation of endocrine function intricately related to the sensitive balance of the hypothalamic and pituitary coordinators, the disturbance in menstruation was deemed worthy of search for possible clues to the mechanisms of electric shock treatment. METHODS The records of 687 female inpatients of the New York State Psychiatric Institute treated during the years 1942 to 1949 were reviewed for data pertinent to the study. Criteria for selection of cases were (1) at least one menstruation in the hospital before electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was begun; (2) a sufficient length of stay in the hospital after ECT for the occurrence of postshock menstruation or the establishment of amenorrhea.The clinical and experimental nature of the material led to considerable variability of the pattern of shock treatment. In a sizable proportion of patients ECT was combined References 1. References 7 and 8. 2. Lewin and Spiegelhoff,8 p. 196. 3. Liepelt, A.: Die Auswirkungen der Electroshockbehandlung auf den Menstruationszyklus bei psychiatrischen Erkrankungen , Ztschr. Geburtsh. u. Gynäk. 132:65, 1950. 4. Reifenstein, E. C., Jr.: Psychogenic or "Hypothalamic" Amenorrhea , M. Clin. North America 30:1103, 1946. 5. Heim, K.: Zur Frage des Blutungseffektes im Zyklus , Zentralbl. Gynäk. 70:562, 1948. 6. Rosvold, H. E.: Effects of Electroconvulsive Shocks on Gestation and Maternal Behavior , J. Comp. & Physiol. Psychol. 42:207, 1949. 7. Bacon, R. L., and Rosvold, H. E.: Effects of Electric Convulsive Shock on Pregnancy in Rat , Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 69:287, 1948. 8. Rosvold, H. E.: Effects of Electroconvulsive Shocks on Gestation and Maternal Behavior , J. Comp. & Physiol. Psychol. 42:118, 1949. 9. Hisaw, F. L.: Development of the Graafian Follicle and Ovulation , Physiol. Rev. 27:95, 1947. 10. Lewin H., and Spiegelhoff, W.: Die Cyclushormone des Weibes, Stuttgart , Ferdinand Enke, 1951. 11. Michael, S. T.: Impotence During Electric Shock Therapy , Psychiatric Quart. 25:24, 1951. 12. Reiss, M.; Hemphill, R. E.; Maggs, R.; Haigh, C. P., and Reiss, J. M.: Comparative Action of ECT and of Pituitary Anterior Lobe Hormones on Thyroid Function , Brit. M. J. 2:634, 1951. 13. Michael, S. T., and Brown, W. T.: Blood Lymphocytes and Adrenal Function in Electric Convulsive Therapy of Psychoses , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 113:538, 1951. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png A.M.A. Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry American Medical Association

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Abstract DISTURBANCES in the menstrual cycle are frequent concomitants of electric shock therapy. Since menstruation is an outward manifestation of endocrine function intricately related to the sensitive balance of the hypothalamic and pituitary coordinators, the disturbance in menstruation was deemed worthy of search for possible clues to the mechanisms of electric shock treatment. METHODS The records of 687 female inpatients of the New York State Psychiatric Institute treated during the years 1942 to 1949 were reviewed for data pertinent to the study. Criteria for selection of cases were (1) at least one menstruation in the hospital before electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was begun; (2) a sufficient length of stay in the hospital after ECT for the occurrence of postshock menstruation or the establishment of amenorrhea.The clinical and experimental nature of the material led to considerable variability of the pattern of shock treatment. In a sizable proportion of patients ECT was combined References 1. References 7 and 8. 2. Lewin and Spiegelhoff,8 p. 196. 3. Liepelt, A.: Die Auswirkungen der Electroshockbehandlung auf den Menstruationszyklus bei psychiatrischen Erkrankungen , Ztschr. Geburtsh. u. Gynäk. 132:65, 1950. 4. Reifenstein, E. C., Jr.: Psychogenic or "Hypothalamic" Amenorrhea , M. Clin. North America 30:1103, 1946. 5. Heim, K.: Zur Frage des Blutungseffektes im Zyklus , Zentralbl. Gynäk. 70:562, 1948. 6. Rosvold, H. E.: Effects of Electroconvulsive Shocks on Gestation and Maternal Behavior , J. Comp. & Physiol. Psychol. 42:207, 1949. 7. Bacon, R. L., and Rosvold, H. E.: Effects of Electric Convulsive Shock on Pregnancy in Rat , Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 69:287, 1948. 8. Rosvold, H. E.: Effects of Electroconvulsive Shocks on Gestation and Maternal Behavior , J. Comp. & Physiol. Psychol. 42:118, 1949. 9. Hisaw, F. L.: Development of the Graafian Follicle and Ovulation , Physiol. Rev. 27:95, 1947. 10. Lewin H., and Spiegelhoff, W.: Die Cyclushormone des Weibes, Stuttgart , Ferdinand Enke, 1951. 11. Michael, S. T.: Impotence During Electric Shock Therapy , Psychiatric Quart. 25:24, 1951. 12. Reiss, M.; Hemphill, R. E.; Maggs, R.; Haigh, C. P., and Reiss, J. M.: Comparative Action of ECT and of Pituitary Anterior Lobe Hormones on Thyroid Function , Brit. M. J. 2:634, 1951. 13. Michael, S. T., and Brown, W. T.: Blood Lymphocytes and Adrenal Function in Electric Convulsive Therapy of Psychoses , J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis. 113:538, 1951.

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