title: A naturalistic review of maintenance ECT at a university setting.
abstract: This is a naturalistic review of maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (MECT) during the first 4 1/2 years of a university ECT service. A total of 56 patients, ages 30-84, received MECT. Patients could be classified under five different clinical groups: major depression; bipolar disorder; combined depression and axis 2 disorder; Parkinson's disease plus depression; and schizophrenia. Effectiveness in the different groups and issues related to partial improvement or treatment failure are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kramer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome