Alterations in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder Before and After Electroconvulsive Therapy Measured by Fractional Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuations (fALFF)

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is an increasingly common mental disease and is of great concern. To some extent, several common treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy (Ritchey et al., 2011, Siegle et al., 2006) and antidepressant medication (Sheline et al., 2012) are effective for depressive patients. However, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is regarded as the most effective and rapid treatment for depression (Bouckaert et al., 2016, Husain et al., 2004, Kellner et al., 2016, Kellner et al., 2016), and it is a vital antidepressant treatment selection for most patients with MDD.

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - October 9, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Haitang Qiu, Xinke Li, Qinghua Luo, Yongming Li, Xichuan Zhou, Hailin Cao, Yuanhong Zhong, Mingui Sun Tags: Research paper Source Type: research