Abstract
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains an important treatment of geriatric patients. ECT treats severe depression, mania, psychosis, catatonia, and comorbid depression and agitation in dementia. ECT also serves a crucial role in treating urgent illness requiring expedient recovery, such as catatonia, or in patients with severe suicidal ideation or intent. ECT is even more effective in the elderly than in mixed-age adult populations. ECT is a safe treatment option with few medical contraindications. Cognitive effects are largely transient, even in patients with preexisting cognitive impairment.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 79-93 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Psychiatric Clinics of North America |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cognition
- Dementia
- Depression
- ECT
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Geriatric
- Parkinson's
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