Continuation and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in elderly depressed patients
β Scribed by M. Sigler; D. Aizenberg; A. Weizman
- Book ID
- 118600622
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0924-977X
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## Abstract The results of the Nottingham electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) trial were examined to compare the response of patients aged 60 and over to real versus simulated ECT. The outcome of patients given real compared to simulated ECT was significantly better immediately after six study treatmen
Nine elderly patients with major depression were followed for outcome of continuation ECT. All nine patients had poor response to pharmacotherapy of the index episode, favorable response to acute treatment with ECT and, to varying degrees, previous failure of prophylactic pharmacotherapy. Four of th