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Prediction of Clinical Response to ECT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Richard Abrams ,
Max Fink  and
Stanley Feldstein
Richard Abrams
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, New York Medical College, 5 East 102 Street, New York, N.Y. 10029, U.S.A.
Max Fink
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, New York Medical College, 5 East 102 Street, New York, N.Y. 10029, U.S.A.
Stanley Feldstein
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 5401 Wilkens Ave., Baltimore, Md. 21228, U.S.A. From the Division of Biological Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, New York Medical College, and the International Association for Psychiatric Research, Inc.
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Because of the empirical nature of the treatment procedure, many investigators have sought predictors of clinical response to ECT (Abrams, 1972). Three studies (Hobson, 1953; Carney et al., 1965; and Mendels, 1967) provide well-defined methods for calculating an index for prediction of response to ECT. Each assigns individual weights to specific features of the clinical state and the history of the illness, as determined during a pre-treatment interview. The predictive accuracy reported for these indices ranges from 79–87 per cent. Three attempts have been made to replicate Hobson's (1953) results—two were successful (Roberts, 1959; and Mendels, 1965), and one was not (Hamilton and White, 1960). We have found no reports attempting to test the prognostic accuracy of the indices of Carney et al. (1965) or Mendels (1967).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 569 , April 1973 , pp. 457 - 460
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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