Association of ECT With Risks of All-Cause Mortality and Suicide in Older Medicare Patients

CONCLUSIONS: In this observational study, ECT was associated with lower 1-year all-cause mortality and with short-lived protective effects on suicide risk. These findings support greater consideration of ECT for inpatients with mood disorders at short-term risk of suicide.PMID:34503341 | DOI:10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21040351

Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - September 10, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Taeho Greg Rhee Kyaw Sint Mark Olfson Tobias Gerhard Susan H Busch Samuel T Wilkinson Source Type: research