Relationship between somatization and remission with ECT

Psychiatry Res. 2004 Dec 30;129(3):293-5. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.09.001.

Abstract

Patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were divided into those with less severe depression and those with more severe depression. In the less severely depressed group, high somatic anxiety and hypochondriasis predicted a low likelihood of sustained remission with ECT. In the more severely depressed group, these traits were not predictive of ECT outcome.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anxiety / diagnosis*
  • Anxiety / epidemiology
  • Depressive Disorder / diagnosis*
  • Depressive Disorder / therapy*
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Remission Induction
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Somatoform Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Somatoform Disorders / epidemiology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Treatment Outcome