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Hormone pattern and post-treatment attitudes in patients with major depressive disorder given electroconvulsive
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
|March 1, 1986
Abstract:
As a follow-up study of a psychoendocrinological investigation of 33 patients with major depressive illness undergoing ECT, attitudes towards ECT were examined and hormones measured in remission. Two thirds of the group had a positive attitude towards ECT. Cortisol, prolactin and TSH levels differed significantly from the depressive state. In contrast, there was no difference in ACTH levels.