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Re: ECT - Zeba (My Take)...))Ant-Rock » SLS

Posted by linkadge on July 1, 2009, at 16:03:54

In reply to Re: ECT - Zeba (My Take)...))Ant-Rock, posted by SLS on July 1, 2009, at 4:26:43

>What seems to slip by peoples's attention, is >that being very treatment resistent to >antidepressant medication makes for a reduced >prognosis that ECT will work.

Bingo.

Thanks for bringing this point up. Nonresponse to pharmalogical antidepressants is a strongish predictor of failure for ECT. So if you have failed many chemical AD's and think that ECT is your ticket, you may want to think again. This is, of course, contrary to what many people consider the prime application of ECT.

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