Electroconvulsive Therapy

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Individuals with moderate to less severe treatment-resistant depression may benefit from treatment with ketamine instead of electroconvulsive therapy, according to research from JAMA Network Open.

For older adults with dementia and comorbid depression, receiving electroconvulsive therapy does not worsen the trajectory of functional outcomes, according to a study from the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

In early September, the FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation and cleared the SAINT Neuromodulation System for treatment-resistant depression, or TRD.

Electroconvulsive therapy appeared to be superior to ketamine for improving depression severity in the acute phase, findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry showed.

Introducing electroconvulsive therapy earlier in a treatment course for major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder may lead to improvements in clinical outcomes, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

The risk of suicide mortality was similar in patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy and matched controls, with no evidence that the therapy decreased risk of death by suicide, results of a recent study showed.

Electroconvulsive therapy was associated with improvement of symptoms in those with mania, with higher response rates in those more seriously ill and without comorbid anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder, per a recently published study.

Treatment with electroconvulsive therapy significantly reduced the risk of death by suicide among those hospitalized with depression in the year following discharge, according to a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.

When used correctly, electroconvulsive therapy can be associated with lower all-cause mortality, according to findings published in The American Journal of Psychiatry.