Citation

Tran DV, Meyer JP, Farber KG, Chen XR, Rosenthal BD, Kellner CH. J. ECT 2017; 33(3): e20-e21.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/YCT.0000000000000408

PMID

28471771

Abstract

Although a typical course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) consists of 6 to 12 treatments, remission of depression has rarely been reported after a single treatment. We present the case of a 25-year-old woman hospitalized for a major depressive episode and suicidality, in the context of bipolar 1 disorder, whose symptoms fully remitted with 1 ECT. We also review the literature on rapid response to ECT.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Adult; Female; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Treatment Outcome; Suicide, Attempted; Electroconvulsive Therapy; Bipolar Disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major; Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant