Full and Abbreviated Courses of Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy.

Convuls Ther

Depression and Electroconvulsive Therapy Programs, University of Michigan Psychiatry Department, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Published: January 1990

The authors describe their experience with maintenance electroconvulsive therapy administered to 10 patients, using an abbreviated or a full maintenance schedule. Recommendation for either form of treatment was made on clinical grounds. Patients with major depressive episodes with delusional features appear to respond best to maintenance ECT.

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