scholarly journals Clinical Predictors of Short-Term Outcome in Electroconvulsive Therapy

1999 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond W Lam ◽  
Simon Bartley ◽  
Lakshmi N Yatham ◽  
Edwin M Tam ◽  
Athanasios P Zis
Keyword(s):  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Clinical Predictors ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
Short Term Outcome

Overgeneral Memory Predicts Stability of Short-Term Outcome of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Raes ◽  
Pascal Sienaert ◽  
Koen Demyttenaere ◽  
Joseph Peuskens ◽  
J. Mark G. Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
Overgeneral Memory ◽  
Short Term Outcome

scholarly journals Review of ECT prescription and outcome in depression

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 498-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Robertson ◽  
John M. Eagles
Keyword(s):  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Psychotic Depression ◽  
Short Term ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
Short Term Outcome ◽  
After Care ◽  
Clinical Conditions

Few recent studies have investigated the prescription of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to depressed patients and their progress thereafter under ordinary clinical conditions. From case records, 412 courses of ECT were studied. ECT was efficacious in the short term, especially for patients with psychotic depression and for those over 65 years of age. Fifty-three per cent of patients required readmission in the six months following the index course. Neither age nor psychosis predicted whether readmission occurred. While short-term outcome is good, notably for the elderly and the psychotically depressed, patients are highly liable to relapse after ECT. High quality after-care is thus of paramount importance.

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