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ReviewNeuropsychobiology2011

Continuation and maintenance electroconvulsive therapy for mood disorders: review of the literature.

Georgios Petrides, Kristen G Tobias, Charles H Kellner, Matthew V Rudorfer

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Review in Neuropsychobiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 144 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Georgios PetridesThe Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Glen Oaks, NY, USA. petrides@lij.edu
Kristen G Tobias
Charles H Kellner
Matthew V Rudorfer
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USNational Institute of Mental Health · USNorthwell Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment for mood disorders. Continuation ECT (C-ECT) and maintenance ECT (M-ECT) are required for many patients suffering from severe and recurrent forms of mood disorders. This is a review of the literature regarding C- and M-ECT.

methodsWe conducted a computerized search using the words continuation ECT, maintenance ECT, depression, mania, bipolar disorder and mood disorders. We report on all articles published in the English language from 1998 to 2009.

resultsWe identified 32 reports. There were 24 case reports and retrospective reviews on 284 patients. Two of these reports included comparison groups, and 1 had a prospective follow-up in a subset of subjects. There were 6 prospective naturalistic studies and 2 randomized controlled trials.

conclusionsC-ECT and M-ECT are valuable treatment modalities to prevent relapse and recurrence of mood disorders in patients who have responded to an index course of ECT. C-ECT and M-ECT are underused and insufficiently studied despite positive clinical experience of more than 70 years. Studies which are currently under way should allow more definitive recommendations regarding the choice, frequency and duration of C-ECT and M-ECT following acute ECT.

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Secondary PreventionElectroconvulsive TherapyHumansMood Disorders

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PMID21811083
PMCPMC3178101
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