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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)  en bloc  is defined as ECT administered on 2–3 consecutive days. In Denmark, ECT  en bloc  is recommended for severe conditions such as catatonia, treatment-resistant mania/psychosis, or imminent risk of suicide. To our knowledge, there are no recent reports on the use of ECT  en bloc  in clinical practice. Here, we provide such a report. We characterized the use of ECT  en bloc  in the period from 2006-2019 based on data from Danish national registers. Furthermore, we compared mortality rates between patients receiving ECT en bloc and patients receiving standard regimen ECT (not  en bloc ). We identified 2173 patients who received a total of 2734 ECT  en bloc  treatment courses in Denmark in the period from 2006 to 2019 (6% of the total number of ECT treatment courses). The use of ECT  en bloc  was stable over the study period (range: 138–196 patients per year). The most common treatment indications were unipolar depression (41%), psychotic disorder (23%), and bipolar disorder (20%). The vast majority (90%) received ECT  en bloc  voluntarily. The 1-year mortality rate ratio for ECT  en bloc  compared to standard regimen ECT was 1.42 (95%CI: 1.03–1.95). The use of ECT  en bloc  in Denmark is stable both in terms of the number of patients treated and treatment indications. In keeping with ECT  en bloc  being used for severe conditions, those receiving this treatment have a higher mortality rate compared to those receiving standard ECT, warranting careful monitoring during follow-up.

The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) en bloc in Denmark: a nationwide register-based study