Medscape (3/7, Davenport) reported, “Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for severe depression does not appear to raise long-term dementia risk,” researchers found in a “large, retrospective registry analysis of more than 1600 patients who underwent ECT.” The study found that “the procedure conferred no additional risk for cognitive impairment relative to matched control persons who did not undergo ECT, even after up to 40 years of follow-up.” The findings were presented at the European Psychiatric Association 2018 Congress.
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