Electroconvulsive therapy for chronic pain associated with depression.
Electroconvuslive therapy alleviated the symptoms of four out of six patients suffering from chronic pain and from depression as measured by the Hamiliton Depression Rating Scale. All of the patients had been unsuccessfully treated with tricyclic antidepressant medication. The author suggests that ECT may be the treatment of choice for some patients with this combination of symptoms.
D000368:Aged; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications; D059408:Pain Management; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000628:therapy; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous
D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic