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Chapter 5 - Electroconvulsive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2019

By
Ute Kessler
Edited by
I. Nicol Ferrier  and
Jonathan Waite
I. Nicol Ferrier
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Jonathan Waite
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
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Summary

Depressive episodes dominate the longitudinal course of bipolar disorder (BD) (Judd, Schettler et al. 2003, Post, Denicoff et al. 2003, Kupka, Altshuler et al. 2007). Treating the depressive state of BD is a clinical challenge. Although pharmacotherapy is the mainstay treatment, the various pharmacological treatment options often have poor outcomes. The benefits of antidepressant agents remain controversial (Pacchiarotti, Bond et al. 2013). Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been considered an effective treatment option in bipolar depression (Musetti, Del Grande et al. 2013), but the topic is still understudied (Sienaert, Lambrichts et al. 2013).

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The ECT Handbook , pp. 38 - 43
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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