title: The effect of electroconvulsive therapy on suicide risk in patients with mood disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on suicide risk in patients with mood disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  A review of the available data on the short-term and long-term effects of ECT on suicide mortality among patients with mood disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ECT has an acute but not a long-term beneficial effect on suicidality. Due to the significant limitations of studies in this area, however, the data need to be interpreted with caution.
authors.affiliation: Mood Disorders Program, Regional Mental Health Care London, 850 Highbury Avenue North, London, ON N6A 4H1. vsharma@uwo.ca
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents