Research – Electroconvulsive therapy and age: Age-related clinical features and effectiveness in treatment resistant major depressive episode

Electroconvulsive therapy and age: Age-related clinical features and effectiveness in treatment resistant major depressive episode – Journal of Affective Disorders (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

“Short-term ECT outcome in the treatment of depression in elderly is equivalent to that of young patients in efficacy and tolerability. Old patients reported faster ECT response than younger ones and required less sessions to achieve response and remission” (via @psychopharmacol see Tweet)