Spontaneous length of depression and response to ECT
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 7 (4) , 625-629
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700006279
Abstract
Synopsis: Electro-convulsive treatment (ECT) was therapeutically ineffective in 27 (20 %) of 136 depressed patients. Failure to respond occurred in long-lasting depressions and in patients with a history of long-lasting depressions. In these cases the depression lasted at least 6 months. The hypothesis is proposed that ECT is effective only when given within 6 months of the spontaneous end of the depression. Clinical and nosological implications are discussed.Keywords
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