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Full and Abbreviated Courses of Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy
Leon Grunhaus1, Atul C. Pande, Roger F. Haskett
1Depression and Electroconvulsive Therapy Programs, University of Michigan Psychiatry Department, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Abstract:
The authors describe their experience with maintenance electroconvulsive therapy administered to 10 patients, using an abbreviated or a full maintenance schedule. Recommendation for either form of treatment was made on clinical grounds. Patients with major depressive episodes with delusional features appear to respond best to maintenance ECT.