Electroconvulsive therapy reduces suicide risk in those hospitalized with depression

Treatment with electroconvulsive therapy significantly reduced the risk of death by suicide among those hospitalized with depression in the year following discharge, according to a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.
“Electroconvulsive therapy is considered one of the most effective treatments for depression. Evidence suggests that electroconvulsive therapy results in symptom remission in more than 60% of patients,” Tyler S. Kaster, PhD, of the Temerty Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, and colleagues wrote.
Kaster and colleagues sought to examine the risk of death

Treatment with electroconvulsive therapy significantly reduced the risk of death by suicide among those hospitalized with depression in the year following discharge, according to a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.
“Electroconvulsive therapy is considered one of the most effective treatments for depression. Evidence suggests that electroconvulsive therapy results in symptom remission in more than 60% of patients,” Tyler S. Kaster, PhD, of the Temerty Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, and colleagues wrote.
Kaster and colleagues sought to examine the risk of death