Ketamine Noninferior to ECT for Outpatients With Major Depression
(MedPage Today) -- NEW YORK CITY -- Treatment with ketamine was noninferior to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for major depressive disorder, two meta-analyses showed, though it was inferior for patients hospitalized with major depressive episodes... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - May 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Electroconvulsive Therapy Safe, Effective for Range of Serious Mental Illnesses
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment for serious mental illness, according to a study presented at the annual congress of the European Psychiatric Association, held from April 6 to 9 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; FY 2025 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System-Rate Update
Notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) updating the FY 2025 prospective payment rates, outlier threshold, and wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF), including psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or Critical Access Hospital. Includes proposed revisions to the patient-level adjustment factors, the Emergency Department adjustment, and the payment amount for electroconvulsive therapy; and seeks to adopt a new quality measure and modify reporting requirements under the IPF Quality R...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 3, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: FY 2025 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System--Rate Update
Pre-publication notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) updating the FY 2025 prospective payment rates, outlier threshold, and wage index for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF), including psychiatric hospitals and excluded psychiatric units of an acute care hospital or Critical Access Hospital. Includes proposed revisions to the patient-level adjustment factors, the Emergency Department adjustment, and the payment amount for electroconvulsive therapy; and seeks to adopt a new quality measure and modify reporting requirements under t...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 1, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Pressure grows to ditch controversial forced swim test in rodent studies of depression
For the past few decades, scientists studying candidate antidepressant drugs have had a convenient animal test: how long a rodent dropped in water keeps swimming.
Invented in 1977
, the forced swim test (FST) hinged on the idea that a depressed animal would give up quickly. It seemed to work: Antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy often made the animal try harder. The test remains popular,
appearing in about 600 papers per year
.
But researchers have recently begun to question the assumption that the test really gauges depression and is a good predictor of human responses to drugs. Oppositi...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 20, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Electroconvulsive therapy portrayal in contemporary video games - Buday J, Neumann M, Žaludová Heidingerová J, Mareš T, Magyarová E, Thai Le H, Divácký D, Jirečková G, Albrecht J, Kališová L, Pol M, Mahrík J, Buday P, Anders M.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an important treatment modality in psychiatry, considered to be the most effective option for pharmaco-resistant affective and psychotic disorders. Despite its great efficacy, it still remains a rather controversial metho... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news
Electroconvulsive therapy for adolescents with severe depressive episode and suicidality: retrospective comparison between responders and non-responders - Ren H, Wang X, Zhang Z, Zhong X, Luo Q, Qiu H, Huang Y.
BACKGROUND: For adolescents with major depression who exhibit suicidal tendencies, Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is increasingly adopted in clinical practice. Yet, the precise mechanisms behind its effectiveness remain elusive, and studies on factors tha... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Magnetic Seizure Therapy as Effective as Electroconvulsive Therapy for Treating Depression
This clinical trial found that MST is equally effective at reducing depression symptoms as ECT, but with fewer side effects. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - December 18, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news
The Evolution of Brain Stimulation Therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy, known as ECT, has long been mischaracterized in pop culture, but in truth, this is a safe and effective treatment that has provided a road to recovery for many people with hard-to-treat depression. In this episode, we'll talk with Dr. Sarah Hollingsworth “Holly” Lisanby, an internationally recognized innovator in ECT and other brain stimulation tools. We'll dispel misconceptions about brain stimulation, learn how seizure therapies can help with depression, and touch upon the future of this life-saving treatment. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news
Scientists May Have Solved Mystery of How Shock Therapy Works
MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2023 -- It ' s been around for a century, and electroconvulsive therapy -- formerly known as electroshock therapy -- has helped countless people with psychiatric conditions feel better.But even the physicians who ' ve used it have had... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 20, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Comparing the anti-depressive effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) versus transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in the treatment of patients with depression - Chigareva O, Smirnova D, Astafeva D, Gradinar A, Izmailova O, Sheyfer M, Cumming P, Sack A, Gayduk AJ.
BACKGROUND: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective treatments for depressive disorders. However, ECT has a number of limitations, such as significant side effects in the neurocognitive domain and the requirement for general anesthesia... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news
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
