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Predictors of response to electroconvulsive therapy and its importance in the treatment of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

J. Martins Correia ,
M.I. Fonseca Marinho Vaz Soares ,
S. Freitas Ramos ,
B. Jesus ,
D. Cruz E Sousa  and
S. Caetano
J. Martins Correia*
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry And Mental Health, Local Health Unit of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
M.I. Fonseca Marinho Vaz Soares
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry And Mental Health, Local Health Unit of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
S. Freitas Ramos
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry And Mental Health, Local Health Unit of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
B. Jesus
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry And Mental Health, Local Health Unit of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
D. Cruz E Sousa
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry And Mental Health, Local Health Unit of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
S. Caetano
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry And Mental Health, Local Health Unit of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) presents itself as a highly effective therapeutic approach in various psychiatric conditions, especially affective disorders and catatonia. Although obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is not an established indication for ECT, there are several positive results that have been replicated, giving us an account of its potential applicability.

Objectives

To emphasize the importance of defining predictors of response to ECT in OCD.

Methods

The authors’ clinical experience is combined with the review of clinical cases, available in the literature, related to the application of ECT in OCD.

Results

Personal or family history of affective pathology and obsessions of sexual content were identified as potential predictors of response to ECT in patients with obsessive and compulsive symptoms.

Conclusions

Although preliminary and based solely on case reports, the replicability of results should promote special attention to situations in which OCD is marked by particular characteristics that favor the response to ECT. In this way, it would be possible to prevent the dragged consumption of health resources and minimize the expected chronicity associated with this clinical condition.

Keywords

obessive-compulsive disorderElectroconvulsive therapy
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S490
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