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ECT in the treatment of mixed depression and dementia
R A Liang1, R W Lam, R J Ancill
1Department of Psychiatry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
|February 1, 1988
Abstract:
Recent work has demonstrated the coexistence of depressive illness in some patients with dementing disorders. Two cases of mixed depression and dementia showed behavioural and mood improvement after treatment with ECT, but without improvement in cognition. The role of ECT in the treatment of affective symptoms in dementia is discussed.