Electroconvulsive therapy in delusional and non-delusional depressive disorder
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Electroconvulsive therapy in delusional and non-delusional depressive disorder.
Major depressive disorder (MDD) patients (n = 66) treated with electroconvulsive therapy were stratified by the presence (n = 30) or absence (n = 36) of delusional symptoms (by Research Diagnostic Criteria) to compare their response to treatment. At discharge from hospital 83% of the MDD with psychosis group and 58% of the MDD without psychosis group were good responders (P = 0.03). The implica...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Affective Disorders
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0165-0327
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0327(90)90094-o