Electroconvulsive therapy in bipolar depression - effectiveness and prognostic factors.

Katarzyna PopiolekS BejerotO BrusÅ HammarM LandénJ LundbergP NordanskogAxel Nordenskjold

Published in: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica (2020)

Electroconvulsive therapy for bipolar depression was associated with very high response rates. The strongest prognostic factors were higher age, absence of comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder or personality disorder, and less prior pharmacologic treatment.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
obsessive compulsive disorder
depressive symptoms
bipolar disorder
deep brain stimulation
sleep quality
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
physical activity