Is ECT effective in treatment-refractory OCD? Concerns with the data and analysis of a recently published randomized-controlled trial

J Affect Disord. 2024 Jan 1:344:617-618. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.052. Epub 2023 Oct 18.

Authors

Shyam Sundar Arumugham¹, Jagadisha Thirthalli², Y C Janardhan Reddy²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 560029, India. Electronic address: shyamsundar.a@nimhans.ac.in.
² Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 560029, India.

PMID: 37863365
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.052

No abstract available

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Depressive Disorder*
Electroconvulsive Therapy*
Humans
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder* / therapy
Treatment Outcome