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ECT treatment may reduce the likelihood of 30-day readmission and frequent admissions.
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None of the patients had responded to pharmacologic intervention, and 5 improved after ECT treatment.
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Twice-weekly ECT treatment is as equally effective as thrice-weekly schedule regarding the degree of improvement.
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The ECT treatment conditions differed markedly in efficacy.
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These trends were noted in the DST assessment done following the third ECT treatment, suggesting an effect of regression to the mean.
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Conclusions: Levels of IL-6 prior to ECT treatment may be useful in identifying those depressed patients most likely to benefit from ECT treatment.
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To study the declarative and non declarative memory system in psychiatric patients submitted to maintenance ECT treatment, with a high number of previous ECT sessions.