| Autor: |
Kellner CH; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA., Monroe RR Jr, Pritchett J, Jarrell MP, Bernstein HJ, Burns CM |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Convulsive therapy [Convuls Ther] 1992; Vol. 8 (4), pp. 245-252. |
| Abstrakt: |
Fifteen elderly depressed psychiatric inpatients were randomly assigned to receive either standard three-times-weekly electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or once-weekly ECT. Outcome measures included cognitive assessment and antidepressant response. Although both groups improved with treatment, the three-times-weekly group improved substantially more quickly. There was no difference in cognitive effect between the two groups. We conclude that the traditional three-times-weekly schedule of ECT may optimally balance speed of antidepressant response and cognitive impairment. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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