• DOI:10.1001/ARCHPSYC.63.12.1337
Corpus ID: 43937423

Continuation electroconvulsive therapy vs pharmacotherapy for relapse prevention in major depression: a multisite study from the Consortium for Research in Electroconvulsive Therapy (CORE).

@article{Kellner2006ContinuationET,
  title={Continuation electroconvulsive therapy vs pharmacotherapy for relapse prevention in major depression: a multisite study from the Consortium for Research in Electroconvulsive Therapy (CORE).},
  author={C. Kellner and R. Knapp and G. Petrides and T. Rummans and M. Husain and K. Rasmussen and M. Mueller and H. Bernstein and Kevin O'Connor and G. Smith and M. Biggs and S. Bailine and C. Malur and E. Yim and S. McClintock and S. Sampson and M. Fink},
  journal={Archives of general psychiatry},
  year={2006},
  volume={63 12},
  pages={
          1337-44
        }
}

C. Kellner, R. Knapp, +14 authors M. Fink

Published 2006

Psychology, Medicine

Archives of general psychiatry

BACKGROUND Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been shown to be extremely effective for the acute treatment of major depression, it has never been systematically assessed as a strategy for relapse prevention. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the comparative efficacy of continuation ECT (C-ECT) and the combination of lithium carbonate plus nortriptyline hydrochloride (C-Pharm) in the prevention of depressive relapse. DESIGN Multisite, randomized, parallel design, 6-month trial performed from… CONTINUE READING

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