The British Journal of Psychiatry 141: 239-242 (1982)
© 1982 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
The response of endogenously and reactivity depressed patients to electroconvulsive therapy
DN Vlissides and FA Jenner
Patients diagnosed as reactively or endogenously depressed were given
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The endogenously depressed patients tended
to respond to the treatment more quickly and favourably. Measures of age
and severity of depression were as predictive as the classification into
endogenous or reactive depression using the Newcastle rating scale. The
degree of psychological stress ascertained and presumed to be operating did
not contribute to the prediction of outcome.