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The Response of Endogenously and Reactively Depressed Patients to Electroconvulsive Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. N. Vlissides  and
F. A. Jenner
D. N. Vlissides
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield. Now Senior Registrar, Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge
F. A. Jenner
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF
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Summary

Patients diagnosed as reactively or endogenously depressed were given electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The endogenously depressed patients tended to respond to the treatment more quickly and favourably. Measures of age and severity of depression were as predictive as the classification into endogenous or reactive depression using the Newcastle rating scale. The degree of psychological stress ascertained and presumed to be operating did not contribute to the prediction of outcome.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 3 , September 1982 , pp. 239 - 242
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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