A Novel Strategy for Continuation ECT in Geriatric Depression: Phase 2 of the PRIDE Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Additional ECT after remission (here operationalized as four continuation ECT treatments followed by further ECT only as needed) was beneficial in sustaining mood improvement for most patients.
PMID: 27418381 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - July 14, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kellner CH, Husain MM, Knapp RG, McCall WV, Petrides G, Rudorfer MV, Young RC, Sampson S, McClintock SM, Mueller M, Prudic J, Greenberg RM, Weiner RD, Bailine SH, Rosenquist PB, Raza A, Kaliora S, Latoussakis V, Tobias KG, Briggs MC, Liebman LS, Geduldig Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research