Journal article
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis abnormality and ECT response
Psychiatry research, Vol.6(3), pp.283-291
1982
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(82)90018-X
PMID: 6955818
Abstract
Response to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was assessed in 42 depressed patients grouped by dexamethasone suppression test (DST) response. Patients with initially abnormal DST results had better outcomes according to global ratings that did patients with initially normal DST results; final Hamilton Rating Scale scores did not distinguish these two groups, however. No group had an outcome that was clearly poor; only three (14.3%) patients with initially normal DST results were rated as unimproved at discharge. The results of this and other studies attempting to predict response to ECT are sensitive to the heterogeneity of patients referred for ECT, the timing and type of outcome assessment, and the differential action of placebo effects.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis abnormality and ECT response
- Creators
- William Coryell - William Coryell, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychiatry research, Vol.6(3), pp.283-291
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/0165-1781(82)90018-X
- PMID
- 6955818
- ISSN
- 0165-1781
- eISSN
- 1872-7123
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1982
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984004187102771
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