ArticleThe journal of ECT2017
Computer-Assisted Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Prevent Relapse Following Electroconvulsive Therapy.
Article in The journal of ECT, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Ultrabrief pulse electroconvulsive therapy for depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Assessing Patient Adherence to and Engagement With Digital Interventions for Depression in Clinical Trials: Systematic Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Psychodynamically Informed Brain Stimulation: Building a Bridge from Brain to Mind.American journal of psychoanalysis · 2024Article
- A symptom-based approach in predicting ECT outcome in depressed patients employing MADRS single items.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2021Article
- EffECTively Treating Depression: A Pilot Study Examining Manualized Group CBT as Follow-Up Treatment After ECT.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Leveraging Neuroplasticity to Enhance Adaptive Learning: The Potential for Synergistic Somatic-Behavioral Treatment Combinations to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Depression.Biological psychiatry · 2019Review
- Identifying Recipients of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Data From Privately Insured Americans.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2018Article
- Hippocampal volume changes following electroconvulsive therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe goal of this study was to explore the feasibility and potential efficacy of providing computer-assisted cognitive behavior therapy (CCBT) after an index course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to prevent relapse.
methodsIn an open-label trial, subjects with major depressive episode who achieved response or remission after an acute treatment with ECT were recruited to enroll in a 9-module CCBT course. Subjects completed the CCBT modules in their own home at their own pace, but were asked to do at least 1 lesson per week, such that all 9 lessons would be completed in the first 2 months. Depression severity and relapse were monitored during the 6 months after ECT.
resultsFifteen subjects (10 responders and 5 remitters) enrolled in the study and logged onto the CCBT course. The mean (SD) number of online lessons completed was 7.6 (1.7) or 84% of the total lessons and the mean (SD) time spent working online was 8.4 (3.9) hours. During the first 2 months (the prescribed time period), the mean (SD) number of lessons completed was 6.5 (1.8), or 72% and the mean (SD) time spent working online was 6.8 (3.2) hours. Of the entire sample of responders and remitters (n = 15), 5 (33%) relapsed at 6 months. Of the 5 remitters, none relapsed during this time period.
conclusionsOur results provide preliminary evidence that CCBT is feasible following ECT. Large controlled trials are needed to definitively assess whether this strategy is efficacious in preventing relapse.
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