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ArticleActa psychiatrica Scandinavica2023

Changes in self-reported suicidal ideation during treatment with electroconvulsive therapy: A retrospective cohort study.

James Luccarelli, Daniel Humphrey, Thomas H McCoy, Michael E Henry, Martina Mueller, Stephen J Seiner

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Article in Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Electroconvulsive therapy and autobiographical memory.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James LuccarelliDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1606-3917
Daniel HumphreyCollege of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Thomas H McCoyDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Michael E HenryDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Martina MuellerCollege of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Stephen J SeinerDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard University · USMedical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Electroconvulsive Therapy plus Usual Care versus Simulated-ECT plus Usual Care for the Acute Management of Severe Agitation in Alzheimer's Dementia (ECT-AD)R01AG061100 · NIA · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI FORESTER, BRENT PETER, PETRIDES, GEORGIOS · 2018 to 2023
$9.4M
Translational Neuroscience Training for CliniciansT32MH112485 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BUCKNER, RANDY L, ROFFMAN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
NIA NIH HHS 5R01AG061100-02NIA NIH HHS R01 AG061100NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH112485NIMH NIH HHS T32MH112485
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveSuicidal ideation (SI) is common in patients with depressive symptoms, who are the most common recipients of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). We sought to quantify changes in self-reported SI occurring during treatment with ECT, and to identify factors associated with persistence of SI in patients beginning treatment with SI.

methodRetrospective, single-center cohort study of patients receiving ECT and who self-reported symptoms using Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS) prior to ECT and after treatment #5 or #10. Changes in QIDS-reported SI over the course of ECT were calculated, and logistic regression models were performed to assess factors associated with reporting SI at the end of treatment.

results2554 provided baseline and follow-up SI scores, of whom, 1931 (75.6%) endorsed SI at baseline. There was a reduction in SI with ECT treatment (McNemar's test; df = 1, Χ

conclusionElectroconvulsive therapy treatment was associated with reductions in self-reported SI. These results support the use of ECT in the treatment of patients with SI, but further research is needed to determine the effects of ECT on suicidal behavior.

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Electroconvulsive TherapyCohort StudiesHumansRetrospective StudiesSelf ReportSuicidal IdeationTreatment Outcomecohort studieselectroconvulsive therapyreal world evidencesuicidal ideationsuicide

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PMID37643775
PMCPMC10843260
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