Posted by neal on December 4, 2008, at 1:41:45
In reply to Re: Ect for melancholic depression: concerns, posted by bleauberry on November 30, 2008, at 11:08:47
Nobody walks into a ECT session lightly. It's usually the last resort, when nothing works and the patient is threatening suicide and there isn't time to throw away the book and try more meds.
ECT works on a statistical basis fairly well, I believe, but check that.
If there's time, try other classes of meds, tryciclics, etc., even opiods if necessary
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