Treatment-resistant depression: approaches to treatment

KS Kverno, E Mangano - Journal of psychosocial nursing and …, 2021 - journals.healio.com
Approximately 30% of people treated for a major depressive episode will not achieve
remission after two or more treatment trials of first-line antidepressants and are considered …

Electroconvulsive therapy for Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

A Takamiya, M Seki, S Kudo, T Yoshizaki… - Movement …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a well‐established treatment for psychiatric
disorders, including depression and psychosis. ECT has been reported to be effective in …

Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on depression and its potential mechanism

M Li, X Yao, L Sun, L Zhao, W Xu, H Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Depression is one of the most common disorders causing mortality around the world.
Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is, along with antidepressants and psychotherapy …

[HTML][HTML] The neurobiological effects of electroconvulsive therapy studied through magnetic resonance: what have we learned, and where do we go?

OT Ousdal, GE Brancati, U Kessler, V Erchinger… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is an established treatment choice for severe, treatment-
resistant depression, yet its mechanisms of action remain elusive. Magnetic resonance …

Electroconvulsive therapy for depression: 80 years of progress

G Kirov, S Jauhar, P Sienaert, CH Kellner… - The British Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Electroconvulsive therapy is the most effective treatment for severe, psychotic or treatment-
resistant depression. However, its effectiveness continues to be questioned, both in …

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in depression induces structural plasticity

MA Jog, C Anderson, A Kubicki, M Boucher, A Leaver… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique
involving administration of well-tolerated electrical current to the brain through scalp …

Electroconvulsive therapy is associated with increased immunoreactivity of neuroplasticity markers in the hippocampus of depressed patients

D Loef, I Tendolkar, PFP van Eijndhoven… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective therapy for depression, but its cellular effects
on the human brain remain elusive. In rodents, electroconvulsive shocks increase …

ECT-induced cognitive side effects are associated with hippocampal enlargement

M Argyelan, T Lencz, S Kang, S Ali, PJ Masi… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is of the most effective treatments available for treatment-
resistant depression, yet it is underutilized in part due to its reputation of causing cognitive …

Parsing the network mechanisms of electroconvulsive therapy

AM Leaver, R Espinoza, B Wade, KL Narr - Biological psychiatry, 2022 - Elsevier
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the oldest and most effective forms of
neurostimulation, wherein electrical current is used to elicit brief, generalized seizures under …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis of brain structural changes after electroconvulsive therapy in depression

G Gryglewski, R Lanzenberger, LR Silberbauer… - Brain Stimulation, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Increases in the volume of the amygdala and hippocampus after
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are among the most robust effects known to the brain …