Maximum benefit of electroconvulsive therapy is in-
Ans. is 4b' i.e., Depression with suicidal tendency o Most important and most common indication for ECT is severe depression with suicidal risk.Indications of ECTSevere depression with suicial risk or with psychotic features or w ith stupor.Some types of schizophrenia (catatonic or paranoid)Schizophrenic or depressive stuporSevere catatonia with stuporSevere psychoses (schizophrenia or mania) with risk of suicide or homicide or physical assault.
Hysteria
Depression with suicidal tendency
Chronic schizophrenia
Mania
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