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The British Journal of Psychiatry 152: 281-284 (1988)
© 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

ECT in the treatment of mixed depression and dementia

RA Liang, RW Lam and RJ Ancill
Department of Psychiatry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Recent work has demonstrated the coexistence of depressive illness in some patients with dementing disorders. Two cases of mixed depression and dementia showed behavioural and mood improvement after treatment with ECT, but without improvement in cognition. The role of ECT in the treatment of affective symptoms in dementia is discussed.


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