Relationship between somatization and remission with ECT.
Patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were divided into those with less severe depression and those with more severe depression. In the less severely depressed group, high somatic anxiety and hypochondriasis predicted a low likelihood of sustained remission with ECT. In the more severely depressed group, these traits were not predictive of ECT outcome.
Rasmussen
Keith G
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Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. rasmussen.keith@mayo.edu
Snyder
Karen A
KA
Knapp
Rebecca G
RG
Mueller
Martina
M
Yim
Eunsil
E
Husain
Mustafa M
MM
Rummans
Teresa A
TA
Sampson
Shirlene M
SM
O'Connor
M Kevin
MK
Bernstein
Hilary J
HJ
Kellner
Charles H
CH
D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012074:Remission Induction; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome