Changes in self-reported suicidal ideation during treatment with electroconvulsive therapy: a retrospective cohort study - Luccarelli J, Humphrey D, McCoy THJ, Henry ME, Mueller M, Seiner SJ.
OBJECTIVE: Suicidal ideation (SI) is common in patients with depressive symptoms, who are the most common recipients of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). We sought to quantify changes in self-reported SI occurring during treatment with ECT, and to identify ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Campaigners are calling for a stop to electroshock therapy - as seen in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - but psychiatrists say the benefits far outweigh the risks... So should more patients get the controversial treatment to beat depression?
Advocates say electroconvulsive therapy 'resets' the brain, and studies suggest it helps stave off severe depression where other options fail: in the UK it's given 20,000 times a year. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Response rate and safety of antidepressants combined with electroconvulsive therapy in adolescent depression: real-world clinical application - Li H, Hou L, Wang D, Wu Q, Li H, He W, Li S, Pang J, Zhang Y, Ma Q, Li C, Cheng J.
This study included 210 depression patients receiving antidepressants and ECT. The symptoms of depression were examined with the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) and Clinical Global Impressions Scale (CGI) at baseline and the end of tr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
APA: Ketamine Noninferior to ECT for Treatment-Resistant Depression
WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 -- For patients with treatment-resistant major depression without psychosis, ketamine is noninferior to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), according to a study published online May 24 in the New England Journal of Medicine to... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Ketamine Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Depression in New Study
Research this week presents the most robust evidence to date that ketamine is at least as effective as electroconvulsive therapy for patients with treatment-resistant depression who do not have psychosis. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Caron Tags: Depression (Mental) Ketamine (Drug) Antidepressants Electroshock Therapy Research electroconvulsive therapy New England Journal of Medicine Source Type: news
The Ancient Roots of Psychotherapy
Our medical ancestors sought to heal the mind long before they could treat diseases of the brain. Magicians and priests tended the sick through suggestion, therapeutic bond, and tincture of time, not by science. This has changed. During the last century and a half, our progress in understanding and treating mental suffering has been remarkable by any standard, drawing importantly upon lessons from the asylum, advances in psychology and the science of the brain, and what had been learned by doctors and nurses who treated shell shock during the First World War.
Psychotherapy has been described as the oldest branch of medicin...
Source: TIME: Science - May 25, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Kay Redfield Jamison Tags: Uncategorized Excerpt freelance health Source Type: news
Ketamine Matches 'Gold Standard' in Major Depression Trial
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- When it came to improving treatment-resistant major depression in outpatients without psychotic features, ketamine worked just as well as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the ELEKT-D randomized trial found... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - May 24, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Clozapine, ECT, Lithium May Prevent Suicide in Male Teens With Severe Mental Illness
THURSDAY, March 16, 2023 -- For male adolescents with severe mental illness, suicide prevention may benefit from clozapine, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and lithium (CEL) treatment, according to a study published online March 14 in Nature... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Modified ECT Lowers Dental, Skeletal Fracture Risk Modified ECT Lowers Dental, Skeletal Fracture Risk
Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is associated with a minimal risk for skeletal and dental fractures, using properly modified ECT can diminish the risk even further, new research suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - March 1, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Risk factors for suicide among patients having received treatment with electroconvulsive therapy: a nationwide study of 11,780 patients - Spangg ård A, Rohde C, Østergaard SD.
OBJECTIVES: Despite the putative anti-suicidal effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), patients receiving ECT remain at high risk of dying from suicide due to the severity of their underlying mental illness. We aimed to quantify this risk and to identif... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Comparative efficacy, cognitive effects and acceptability of electroconvulsive therapies for the treatment of depression: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis - Nikolin S, Owens K, Francis-Taylor R, Chaimani A, Martin DM, Bull M, Sackeim HA, McLoughlin DM, Sienaert P, Kellner CH, Loo C.
INTRODUCTION: There have been important advances in the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat major depressive episodes. These include variations to the type of stimulus the brain regions stimulated, and the stimulus parameters (eg, stimulus dura... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
The rise, fall, and resurgence of electroconvulsive therapy - Bahji A.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective treatments for depression. However, significant stigma from the media and the antipsychiatry movement has biased the public toward ECT, leading to underutilization, particularly among those most ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) en bloc in Denmark: a nationwide register-based study - Pedersen MI, Salagre E, Kellner CH, Rohde C, Østergaard SD.
OBJECTIVE: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) en bloc is defined as ECT administered on 2-3 consecutive days. In Denmark, ECT en bloc is recommended for severe conditions such as catatonia, treatment-resistant mania/psychosis, or imminent risk of suicide. To ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Confirmed: ECT Tops Ketamine for Major Depression Confirmed: ECT Tops Ketamine for Major Depression
Pooled data confirm the superiority of electroconvulsive therapy over ketamine for major depressive episode, but ketamine ' s faster antidepressant effects may be a factor for some patients.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - October 19, 2022 Category: Neurology Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Electroconvulsive therapy and risk of road traffic accidents: a Danish register-based cohort study - Hjerrild S, J ørgensen MB, Dam OH, Tehrani E, Videbech P, Osler M.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to examine whether electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was associated with the subsequent risk of being involved in a road traffic accident. METHODS: A cohort of all 375,435 patients older than 18 years with their fir... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
