ECT beyond unipolar major depression: systematic review and meta‐analysis of electroconvulsive therapy in bipolar depression

In this systematic review and meta‐analysis, the response, remission, and speed of response in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder in depressive episode (BDD) receiving an acute course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were quantitatively analyzed.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

• Publication date

  2018-12-16

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/acps.12994PMID 30506992
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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