Jorge López-Álvarez , Montserrat Caballero González , Luis F. Agüera Ortiz
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Abstract
Aim
Challenge the idea that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is cognitively detrimental in the medium and long term in recurrent depressive disorder.
Clinical case
We introduce the case of a 75-year-old woman with recurrent major depressive disorder, resistant and intolerant to various antidepressant drugs, previously ruled out for ECT due to suspected cognitive decline, but included in June 2016 in the maintenance-electroconvulsive therapy (M-ECT program), after 10 sessions of acute ECT.
Outcomes
After more than 30 sessions of M-ECT, the patient remains euthymic, receiving a quarterly session of ECT and showing recovery from cognitive dysfunction both in the subjective assessment and through the screening test.
Main findings
M-ECT is effective in the elderly with major depression, and may improve and even normalize cognitive function.
期刊介绍：
Es la Publicación Oficial de la Sociedad Española de Psiquiatría Biológica. Los recientes avances en el conocimiento de la bioquímica y de la fisiología cerebrales y el progreso en general en el campo de las neurociencias han abierto el camino al desarrollo de la psiquiatría biológica, fundada sobre bases anatomofisiológicas, más sólidas y científicas que la psiquiatría tradicional.
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