Diagnostic variability and therapeutic efficacy of ECT in Nepalese sample.

Background: Though electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been used in Nepal for last twenty years, researches regarding its use, its efficacy and other data are non-existent. Aims: The objective of this study was to know about diagnostic variability and therapeutic efficacy of the use of ECT in hospitalized patients. Methods: This is a prospective comparative study between patients who received ECT and who did not using ICD10 as diagnostic confirmation. Psychopathology was evaluated using Brief Psychiatric Research Scale (BPRS), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) and Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) between the groups at admission, at discharge, at 1