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Hormone pattern and post‐treatment attitudes in patients with major depressive disorder given electroconvulsive therapy
Author(s) -
Apéria B.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb02685.x
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , major depressive disorder , prolactin , hormone , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , clinical psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , anxiety , cognition
As a follow‐up study of a psychoendocrinological investigation of 33 patients with major depressive illness undergoing ECT, attitudes towards ECT were examined and hormones measured in remission. Two thirds of the group had a positive attitude towards ECT. Cortisol, prolactin and TSH levels differed significantly from the depressive state. In contrast, there was no difference in ACTH levels.