Open AccessElectroconvulsive Therapy in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals
Author(s) -
Talya Peltzman,
Daniel J Gottlieb,
Brian Shiner,
Natalie Riblet,
Bradley V. Watts
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of ect/the journal of ect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1533-4112
pISSN - 1095-0680
DOI - 10.1097/yct.0000000000000635
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , medicine , mental health , psychiatry , population , epidemiology , major depressive disorder , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , environmental health , cognition
The body of large-scale, epidemiological research on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the United States is limited. To address this gap, we assessed demographic, clinical, pharmacological, and mental health treatment history as well as 2-year mortality outcomes associated with ECT use in the largest U.S. health care system.