Superior anti‐suicidal effects of electroconvulsive therapy in unipolar disorder and bipolar depression

201795 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Chih‐Sung Liang · Tri-Service General Hospital

Chi‐Hsiang Chung · Taiwan Nurses Association

Pei‐Shen Ho · Tri-Service General Hospital

Chia‐Kuang Tsai · Tri-Service General Hospital

Wu‐Chien Chien · Tri-Service General Hospital

Abstract

Compared with psychopharmacotherapy, ECT exerted superior anti-suicidal effects in patients with unipolar disorder and bipolar depression; however, there was a lack of superior anti-suicidal effects of ECT in the treatment of patients with bipolar mania and mixed state.

Topics & Keywords

Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Treatment of Major Depression

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Bipolar Disorders

Volume 20, Issue 6, pp. 539-546

DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12589

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