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ECT in the Treatment of Mixed Depression and Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Raymond A. Liang ,
Raymond W. Lam  and
Raymond J. Ancill
Raymond A. Liang
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA, and Visiting Resident in Geriatric Psychiatry, Riverview Hospital, University of British Columbia, Canada
Raymond W. Lam
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Raymond J. Ancill*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, and Director, Clinical Research, Riverview Hospital
*
∗Riverview Hospital, 500 Lougheed Highway, Port Coquitlam, Canada V3C 4J2
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Abstract

Recent work has demonstrated the coexistence of depressive illness in some patients with dementing disorders. Two cases of mixed depression and dementia showed behavioural and mood improvement after treatment with ECT, but without improvement in cognition. The role of ECT in the treatment of affective symptoms in dementia is discussed.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 2 , February 1988 , pp. 281 - 284
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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