Performance of the Psychotic Depression Assessment Scale as a Predictor of ECT Outcome

Conclusions The PDAS indeed accurately predicts response to and remission after ECT in (psychotic) depression and most pronouncedly so in older patients but seems to have no clear advantage over simply verifying the presence of psychotic symptoms. This could be the consequence of a ceiling effect, as ECT was extremely effective in patients with psychotic depression. ClinicalTrials.gov: Identifier: NCT02562846.
Source: The Journal of ECT - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Original Studies Source Type: research