PMID: 9437566Jan 23, 1998Paper

ECT for the treatment of mood disorders in cancer patients

Convulsive Therapy
M D BealeP J Parsons

Abstract

The authors review the literature and report three patients with cancer whose comorbid mood disorder was successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). They make recommendations for early consideration of ECT and aggressive treatment of depression in this high-risk population.

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