Speed of response in ultrabrief and brief pulse width right unilateral ECT

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 755-761

  Loo, Colleen K ^a,b,c,d,e   Garfield, Joshua B B ^a   Katalinic, Natalie ^a   Schweitzer, Isaac ^f,g   Hadzi Pavlovic, Dusan ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Northside Clinic   (Australia)

^d WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g The Melbourne Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

ECT; predictors; pulsewidth; remission; speed of response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CENSORSHIP; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRABRIEF PULSE WIDTH STIMULATION ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875750258     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145712000806     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. APA (Ed.) (2001). The Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Recommendations for Treatment, Training, and Privileging. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.
2. Birkenhager TK, Pluijms EM, Lucius SA (2003). ECT response in delusional vs. non-delusional depressed inpatients. Journal of Affective Disorders 74, 191-195.
3. Coryell W, Zimmerman M (1984). Outcome following ECT for primary unipolar depression: a test of newly proposed response predictors. American Journal of Psychiatry 141, 862-867.
4. Daly JJ, Prudic J, Devanand DP, Nobler MS, et al. (2001). ECT in bipolar and unipolar depression: differences in speed of response. Bipolar Disorders 3, 95-104.
5. Damm J, Eser D, Schule C, Obermeier M, et al. (2010). Influence of age on effectiveness and tolerability of electroconvulsive therapy. Journal of ECT 26, 282-288.
6. de Vreede IM, Burger H, van Vliet IM (2005). Prediction of response to ECT with routinely collected data in major depression. Journal of Affective Disorders 86, 323-327.
7. Dombrovski AY, Mulsant BH, Haskett RF, Prudic J, et al. (2005). Predictors of remission after electroconvulsive therapy in unipolar major depression. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 66, 1043-1049.
8. Kellner CH, Knapp R, Husain MM, Rasmussen K, et al. (2010). Bifrontal, bitemporal and right unilateral electrode placement in ECT: randomised trial. British Journal of Psychiatry 196, 226-234.
9. Kho KH, Blansjaar BA, Vothknecht S, Cornelissen NM, et al. (2004). A study into predictors for the speed of response to electroconvulsive therapy. Journal of ECT 20, 154-159.
10. Kho KH, Zwinderman AH, Blansjaar BA (2005). Predictors for the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy: chart review of a naturalistic study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 66, 894-899.
11. Kindler S, Shapira B, Hadjez J, Abramowitz M, et al. (1991). Factors influencing response to bilateral electroconvulsive therapy in major depression. Convulsive Therapy 7, 245-254.
12. Loo C, Sainsbury K, Martin D, MacPherson R (2009). Synergistic antidepressant effects with ketamine and ECT. Journal of ECT 25, 150.
13. Loo C, Sheehan P, Pigot M, Lyndon W (2007). A report on mood and cognitive outcomes with right unilateral ultrabrief pulsewidth (0.3 ms) ECT and retrospective comparison with standard pulsewidth right unilateral ECT. Journal of Affective Disorders 103, 277-281.
14. Loo CK, Katalinic N, Martin D, Schweitzer I (2012). A review of ultrabrief pulse width electroconvulsive therapy. Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease 3, 69-85.
15. Loo CK, Mahon M, Katalinic N, Lyndon B, et al. (2011). Predictors of response to ultrabrief right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy. Journal of Affective Disorders 130, 192-197.
16. Loo CK, Sainsbury K, Sheehan P, Lyndon B (2008). A comparison of RUL ultrabrief pulse (0.3 ms) ECT and standard RUL ECT. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 11, 883-890.
17. MacPherson R, Loo C (2008). Cognitive impairment following ECT-does the choice of anesthetic agent make a difference. Journal of ECT 24, 52-56.
18. Niemantsverdriet L, Birkenhager TK, van den Broek WW (2011). The efficacy of ultrabrief-pulse (0.25 millisecond) vs. brief-pulse (0.50 millisecond) bilateral electroconvulsive therapy in major depression. Journal of ECT 27, 55-58.
19. O'Connor MK, Knapp R, Husain M, Rummans TA, et al. (2001). The influence of age on the response of major depression to electroconvulsive therapy: a C.O.R.E. Report. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 9, 382-390.
20. Okazaki M, Tominaga K, Higuchi H, Utagawa I, et al. (2010). Predictors of response to electroconvulsive therapy obtained using the three-factor structure of the Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale for treatment-resistant depressed patients. Journal of ECT 26, 87-90.
21. Petrides G, Fink M, Husain MM, Knapp RG, et al. (2001). ECT remission rates in psychotic vs. nonpsychotic depressed patients: a report from CORE. Journal of ECT 17, 244-253.
22. Pigot M, Andrade C, Loo C (2008). Pharmacological attenuation of electroconvulsive therapy-induced cognitive deficits: theoretical background and clinical findings. Journal of ECT 24, 57-67.
23. Prudic J (2008). Strategies to minimize cognitive side effects with ECT: aspects of ECT technique. Journal of ECT 24, 46-51.
24. Prudic J, Haskett RF, Mulsant B, Malone KM, et al. (1996). Resistance to antidepressant medications and short-term clinical response to ECT. American Journal of Psychiatry 153, 985-992.
25. Quante A, Luborzewski A, Brakemeier EL, Merkl A, et al. (2011). Effects of 3 different stimulus intensities of ultrabrief stimuli in right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy in major depression: a randomized, double-blind pilot study. Journal of Psychiatric Research 45, 174-178.
26. Roepke S, Luborzewski A, Schindler F, Quante A, et al. (2011). Stimulus pulse-frequency-dependent efficacy and cognitive adverse effects of ultrabrief-pulse electroconvulsive therapy in patients with major depression. Journal of ECT 27, 109-113.
27. Sackeim HA, Dillingham EM, Prudic J, Cooper T, et al. (2009). Effect of concomitant pharmacotherapy on electroconvulsive therapy outcomes: short-term efficacy and adverse effects. Archives of General Psychiatry 66, 729-737.
28. Sackeim HA, Prudic J, Fuller R, Keilp J, et al. (2007). The cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy in community settings. Neuropsychopharmacology 32, 244-254.
29. Sackeim HA, Prudic J, Nobler MS, Fitzsimons L, et al. (2008). Effects of pulse width and electrode placement on the efficacy and cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy. Brain Stimulation 1, 71-83.
30. Scott AIF (2004). The ECT Handbook (second edition): The Third Report of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Special Committee on ECT. London: Royal College of Psychiatrists.
31. Sienaert P, Vansteelandt K, Demyttenaere K, Peuskens J (2009). Randomized comparison of ultra-brief bifrontal and unilateral electroconvulsive therapy for major depression: clinical efficacy. Journal of Affective Disorders 116, 106-112.
32. Sienaert P, Vansteelandt K, Demyttenaere K, Peuskens J (2010). Randomized comparison of ultra-brief bifrontal and unilateral electroconvulsive therapy for major depression: cognitive side-effects. Journal of Affective Disorders 122, 60-67.
33. UK ECT Review (2003). Efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy in depressive disorders. Lancet 361, 799-808.