Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on the use of anxiolytics and sleep medications: a propensity score-matched analysis.
Takashi TsuboiYoshikazu TakaesuNaomi HasegawaShinichiro OchiKentaro FukumotoKazutaka OhiHiroyuki MuraokaTsuyoshi OkadaFunitoshi KodakaShun IgarashiHitoshi IidaHiroko KashiwagiHikaru HoriKayo IchihashiKazuyoshi OgasawaraNaoki HashimotoJun-Ichi IgaToshinori NakamuraMasahide UsamiTatsuya NagasawaMikio KidoHiroshi KomatsuHirotaka YamagataKiyokazu AtakeRyuji FurihataSaya KikuchiTadasu HoraiMasahiro TakeshimaYoji HiranoManabu MakinodanJunya MatsumotoKenichiro MiuraAkitoyo HishimotoShusuke NumataHisashi YamadaYasui-Furukori NorioKen InadaKoichiro WatanabeRyota HashimotoPublished in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences (2022)
Reduction of anxiolytic and sleep medication use may be considered positively when ECT is indicated for treatment of MDD.