ECT for the treatment of mood disorders in cancer patients.
The authors review the literature and report three patients with cancer whose comorbid mood disorder was successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). They make recommendations for early consideration of ECT and aggressive treatment of depression in this high-risk population.
Beale
M D
MD
Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425-0742, USA.
Kellner
C H
CH
Parsons
P J
PJ
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