Healio (2/2, Herpen) reports, “For older adults with dementia and comorbid depression, receiving electroconvulsive therapy” (ECT) “does not worsen the trajectory of functional outcomes,” investigators concluded in a study that included “147 participants aged 65 years and older with continuous coverage in the study interval, a diagnosis of major depressive disorder along with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias and who were hospitalized between January 2014 and September 2015,” along with “a separate cohort of 415 controls” that “were not given ECT.” The findings were published online Jan. 25 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “ECT does not worsen functional outcomes in those with depression, dementia “Robert Herpen, Healio, February 2, 2023