Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Review

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The efficacy and safety of ECT for severe mood disorders continues to be at the bottom of treatment algorithms and is likely underutilized. This may unnecessarily prolong treatment or result in hospitalization in a severely ill adolescent, where ECT has been associated with a decrease in the number of hospital days (Ghaziuddin et al., 2004; Shoirah & Hamoda, 2011). When comparing this relatively safe and rapidly effective treatment against prolonged titration and manipulation of multiple psychopharmacologic agents, lengthy psychiatric hospitalization, and detrimental psychosocial consequences of untreated illness, ECT should be considered sooner as a potentially life-altering intervention for select severely ill patients.

Presenters

Jeffrey I. Hunt, MD

Jeffrey Hunt, MD, is director of inpatient and intensive services at Bradley Hospital, and professor and program director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship and Triple Board Residency Program in the department of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of...

Michelle D. Parker, MD

Michelle Parker, MD, is the clinical director of outpatient services at Bradley Hospital and the attending psychiatrist for the Children’s Residential and Family Treatment (CRAFT) Program. She is the former attending psychiatrist of the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities (CADD)...

Margaret R. Paccione-Dyszlewski, PhD

Margaret Paccione, PhD, has more than 35 years of experience in supervisory and administrative positions as well as extensive experience with trauma patients and managing trauma-related service environments. As a licensed psychologist, teacher and rehabilitation specialist, Dr. Paccione is the...

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Margaret Paccione-Dyszlewski, PhD has no relevant financial interest or contractual relationships with commercial interest to disclose.

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Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Review

Jeffrey I. Hunt, MD

Michelle D. Parker, MD

Margaret R. Paccione-Dyszlewski, PhD

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