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Volume 358:645-646 February 7, 2008 Number 6
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Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression

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by Lisanby, S. H.
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To the Editor: Lisanby (Nov. 8 issue)1 reports, in her Clinical Therapeutics article, on the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with depression. ECT is rarely recommended in patients with schizophrenia (except for those with acute catatonia). In the guidelines of the German Medical Association, ECT is restricted as a treatment for patients with depression who have psychotic and suicidal symptoms.2 Modern ECT protocols for investigating the use of ECT in patients with schizophrenia are limited. To date, data are available from only 26 studies with a total of 798 such patients.3 However, it is noteworthy that short-term responses . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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